Sean Higgins: Big Labor unprepared to battle new right-to-work laws

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In less than three years, four historically union-friendly Midwestern states have adopted laws that threaten to speed the decline of union membership. That has Big Labor’s lawyers scouring their libraries for something — anything — that can stem this tide.

They’ve claimed these “right to work” laws violate the First Amendment, the equal protection clause and even anti-slavery laws. Little seems to have worked so far.

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