The vote by an overwhelming majority of the 74,000 Los Angeles County home care workers to join the Service Employees International Union is the biggest since 1937 when 112,000 General Motors workers voted to join the United Auto Workers. Employers are concerned at the cost implications, especially in health care where there are pressures to control costs.
Unions expect future battles to be tough.
Implicit in the news story is the decline of unions in recent decades. The news story indicates that unions are focusing less on some groups and more on others.