Employees of the Uptown Borders bookstore in Minneapolis are voting next month on whether to unionize. Since 1996, 11 Borders stores have become organized (including the one famously featured in the Michael Moore film The Big One) only to have the unions dissolve from lack of employee interest. Yet despite the odds and fierce corporate resistance, employees are insisting "why is it so radical for somebody to work in retail and earn a living wage?" (via NewPages)

Good point.