In Wisconsin and other states, labor movements are on the defensive. Here, unions have gone on the offensive to help create jobs at decent pay.
American unions are waging epic battles today against the most serious assaults they've encountered in more than half a century, and they've had some major successes. No one could have predicted that union members and their supporters would flood state capitals in the way they have, or that polls would show Americans support collective bargaining rights for public employees by a 2-1 margin.
In September, 2009 Atlantic Monthly named 
