Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): As Solidarnosc’s 30th anniversary this week highlighted workers’ historic role in effecting the transition from communist rule, the Albert Shanker Institute blog assesses the global state of workers’ rights. Freedom House research director Arch Puddington laments organized labor’s declining enthusiasm for promoting democracy and conservatives’ diminished support for independent trade unionism. Today, while support for independent unions
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Labor no longer in vanguard of promoting democracy?




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