The San Francisco Examiner, November 9, 1997:

To win a traditional organizing drive under current labor law, [industrial labor relations expert Thomas] Kochan said, "more than 50 percent of the people in a bargaining unit have to be dissatisfied and willing to stick around long enough to do something about it."

Even though polls have shown increasing interest in unions among U.S. workers, Kochan said, not many are willing to stay with a bad employer long enough to organize.

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