ernest green, i don't think you can have a democratic society without having trade unions. at any democratic country, it's essential to right of workers to organize. i think it's consistent if we ar democratic country. those freedoms that the right of workers to organize is is a primary objective that we have to maintain. bill bradyel i vital, why are so many union members leaving the. why are they? whycertificate? why are the unions losing so many of these certificate elections? why has the number of■ .y umembo precipitously from 23% of the labor force to what is it now less than 19 18%well, it depends you're reading, but workers aren't leaving the labor movement in droves. and we're the union is not declinpitously. my union, the united steelworkers of america, the major unions in the country, many small ones are out organizing and growing. the mix of work, the mix of work in the society has we have some employers, as we saw the film, who can't wait to rush off to the south and try tonvironment d invest their money in prosperity in the south instead of in the north. and su