Original sentence: In the United States, by contrast, while the labor movement is historically aligned with the Democratic Party, the labor movement is by no means monolithic on that point; the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has supported Republican Party candidates on a number of occasions and the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization endorsed Ronald Reagan in 1980.Most democratic countries have many unions, while most authoritarian regimes do not, although in most Communist countries unions exist as state organs.The right to join a trade union is mentioned in article 23, subsection 4 of the UDHR, and today a government-imposed ban on joining a union is generally considered a human rights abuse.Thus, while unions do exist in so-called "right-to-work" states, they are typically weaker.While unions have sometimes been very strong, at the moment they are relatively weak and in decline, due in part to the actions of Prime Minister John Howard and the Liberal party
Edited sentence: In the United States, by contrast, while the labor movement is historically aligned with the Democratic Party, the labor movement is by no means monolithic on that point; the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has supported Republican Party candidates on a number of occasions and the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization endorsed Ronald Reagan in 1980, shortly before he destroyed it and banned all of its striking members from employment as air traffic controllers in 1981.Most democratic countries have many unions, while most authoritarian regimes do not.Thus, while union do exist in so-called "right-to-work" states, they are typically weaker.Today a government-imposed ban on joining a union is generally considered a human rights abuse.While unions have sometimes been very strong, at the moment they are relatively weak and in decline, due in part to the actions of Prime Minister John Howard and his Liberal party