Unions seem to be perpetually at a crossroads. Those in the private sector have suffered membershipd eclines for more than 45 years and, even under the dynamic leadership of AFL-CIPOr esident John Sweeneyt, hey will be hard-pressed to reverse the powerful tide against unions in the private sector. In government, union membershiph as been stagnant since the 1980s. Althought here have been somep ositive incrementalc hangesi n the state legal environmenfto r collective bargaining, no new comprehensive bargaining laws have been enacted since 1992. Meanwhilef,u ndamentalr estructuring of private and public organizations and the processes they use to conduct their business have been occurring at an ever-increasing rate
