Sure... the private sector workers are doing so incredibly well without their unions. Really? Are you living under a rock or something?
The unemployment rate is still high meaning we have too many private sector workers out of a job.
AND the jobs that are being created are crappy low wage jobs:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110309/ts_yblog_thelookout/jobs-returning-but-good-ones-not-so-much -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lower-wage industries -- things like retail and food preparation -- accounted for 23 percent of the jobs lost during the recession, but 49 percent of the jobs gained over the last year, a recent study (pdf) by the National Employment Law Program found. Higher-wage industries, by contrast, accounted for 40 percent of the jobs lost, but just 14 percent of the jobs gained. In other words, low paying jobs are increasing as a percentage of total jobs, while high-paying jobs are on the decline.
From the same link:
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"And a recent Wall Street Journal analysis found that even though productivity rose 5.2 percent from mid 2009 to the end of 2010, wages increased by just 0.3 percent. That means only 6 percent of productivity gains were shared with workers. In past recoveries, that figure has averaged 58 percent. This time around, far more of the gains went to shareholders, in the form of profits, which are at record levels."
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That means workers are getting a lot more done, but not getting paid a lot more for it! Guess who used to make employers share more of the profits with workers in the form of higher wages...
That's right, UNIONS. I call complete BS on your claim that private sector workers are functioning well without unions. We are getting shafted... hard.