Organized labor is about the collective efforts of employees to improve their economic, social, and political position. It can be studied from many different points of view--historical, economic, sociological, or legal--but it is fundamentally about the struggle for human rights and social justice. As a rule, organized labor has tried to make the world a fairer place. Even though it has only ever covered a minority of employees in most countries, its effects on their political, economic, and social systems have been generally positive. History shows that when organized labor is repressed, the...