ABSTRACT
This chapter proceeds by examining some of the recent history of anti-labor legislation, but also seeks to contextualize that history with a wider examination of anti-worker trends. We argue that the attacks on labor cannot be understood without juxtaposition to the trends of deindustrialization and corporate incentive policies. We examine these trends which weakened the structural position of U.S. labor, then shift to specific moments of recent anti-labor history. We conclude with some comments on the current state and future of U.S. global power in relation to these labor policies, and possibilities for further change.
