Over the past several decades, organized labor has been experiencing a crisis as membership rolls continue to decline to record lows. In 2014, the Labor Department reported that union membership fell again to 11.1 percent of workers, down from 11.3 percent the previous year. Today, it stands barely over six percent in the private sector, while government workers largely contributing to the ranks of union members.

The fall in the unionization rate can be assigned to various factors, including a leeriness among workers to join collective bargaining units, give away some of their hard-earned dollars and become exposed to the underhanded tactics employed by union bosses. The unwillingness of workers to join labor unions was on display just this month as the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) was forced to cancel a unionizing vote at Boeing’s South Carolina production facility due to a lack of support.