Whatever co-operation might be appropriate, workers must enter the process with their own independent power. The Clinton Administration has stressed that workers in the future will have six or eight jobs in their working lives. If not, interview the management of some of the larger firms to find out why not. If so, interview workers and management to find out how it works. This has been one of the few parts of the law never amended since its original passage.
Independence makes it possible for unions to support the objectives and needs of the workers.
American labor law recognizes the importance of independent unions as a foundation for the improvement of working peoples' lives. Congress has justified this for both technical economic and broad ethical reasons. Looking at the legislative history of the Wagner Act gives us guidance in making these arguments today. Explain your thinking. One of the goals of working class power is to make companies compete in ways that are constructive rather than destructive.