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    "The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
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    :: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 ::

    Low-Wage Nation Labor Research Association
    The change in industrial composition and the drop in unionization has reduced benefit coverage. About 60 percent of the rise in both the proportion and rate of uninsured workers nationally who are employed by large firms can be attributed to the decline in manufacturing jobs and unionization rates, according to The Commonwealth Fund study.
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