n Sheet and Tube has begun moving its operations to an automated steel plant in Indiana employing 5,000 less workers. Goodyear cut back its Akron work force late last year by a thousand workers. Chrysler prepares to close itsUnnoticed in the spate of dramatic labor union events of the past week is a sudden acceleration in the "de-unionization" of America.

The 111-day-old coal strike ended in a Pyrrhic victory for the miners - another such win will price them out of the energy market once again.

The Firestone Rubber Company of Akron announced the closing of its passenger car tire operations there, throwing a thousand workers into the ranks of the unemployed.

The White Motor Company closed down its truck plant in Cleveland because of "high labor costs, obsolete plant, and a declining market."

These are not isolated incidents.

Coal mining dwindled to token production under the impact of higher costs relative to gas and oil. It became competitive only when the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) rescued the industry with even higher, monopoly prices.

Youngstown Sheet and Tube has begun moving its operations to an automated steel plant in Indiana employing 5,000 less workers. Goodyear cut back its Akron work force late last year by a thousand workers. Chrysler prepares to close its

in will price them out of the energy market once again.

The Firestone Rubber Company of Akron announced the closing of its passenger car tire operations there, throwing a thousand workers into the ranks of the unemployed.

The White Motor Company closed down its truck plant in Cleveland because of "high labor costs, obsolete plant, and a declining market."

These are not isolated incidents.

Coal mining dwindled to token production under the impact of higher costs relative to gas and oil. It became competitive only when the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) rescued the industry with even higher, monopoly prices.

Youngstown Sheet and Tube has begun moving its operations to an automated steel plant in Indiana employing 5,000 less workers. Goodyear cut back its Akron work force late last year by a thousand workers. Chrysler prepares to close its

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The White Motor Company closed down its truck plant in Cleveland because of "high labor costs, obsolete plant, and a declining market."

These are not isolated incidents.

Coal mining dwindled to token production under the impact of higher costs relative to gas and oil. It became competitive only when the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) rescued the industry with even higher, monopoly prices.

Youngstown Sheet and Tube has begun moving its operations to an automated steel plant in Indiana employing 5,000 less workers. Goodyear cut back its Akron work force late last year by a thousand workers. Chrysler prepares to close its

uction under the impact of higher costs relative to gas and oil. It became competitive only when the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) rescued the industry with even higher, monopoly prices.

Youngstown Sheet and Tube has begun moving its operations to an automated steel plant in Indiana employing 5,000 less workers. Goodyear cut back its Akron work force late last year by a thousand workers. Chrysler prepares to close its

n Sheet and Tube has begun moving its operations to an automated steel plant in Indiana employing 5,000 less workers. Goodyear cut back its Akron work force late last year by a thousand workers. Chrysler prepares to close its original factory in Detroit.

It should be noted that these companies are not going out of business. They are cutting their dependence on unskilled and semi-skilled labor. They are moving to areas that give them tax breaks. They are hiring non-union workers and resisting efforts to organize employees into monopoly unions.

There is a major restructuring of American industry under way and, so far, the traditional labor union is not a part of it.

U.S. labor unions hit their high-water mark of influence shortly after World War II when slightly more than half the private sector employees were organized. Public service unions represented only about 10 percent of workers in that sector of the labor force.

Since then, "blue collar" unions have been losing members. Membership in the AFL-CIO, the largest labor union in America, has plummeted a half million in the last two ye