What issues and perspectives shape labor unions today?

"6. What are the key issues facing labor unions today? Visit the AFL-CIO website, http://www.aflcio.org , and Labornet, http://www.labornet.org . Select three current topics and summarize the key points for the class. 7. Not everyone believes that unions are good for workers. The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation offers free legal aid to employees whose “human and civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses.” Read the materials on its site ( http://www.nrtw.org ), and prepare a short report on its position regarding the disadvantages of labor unions. 8. Although we tend to think of labor unions as representing manufacturing employees, many office and service-industry employees, teachers, and professional belong to unions. Visit the websites of two of the following nonmanufacturing unions and discuss how they help their members: the Office and Professional Employees International Union ( http://www.opeiu.org ), the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees ( http://www.afscme.org ), the National Education Association ( http://www.nea.org ), the Actor’s Equity Association ( http://www.actorsequity.org ), and the American Federation of Musicians ( http://www.afm.org ). What are the differences, if any, between these unions and those in other industries?"