I did read the article and it doesn't say anything about the Union's requirement to disclose the hiring of a consultant nor does it address any of the other 12 aces stacked in the deck for labor organizations.

Organized labor isn't in decline due to the evils of management. It's in decline due to the corruption of inherent to itself. Don't believe me, stroll the employee parking lots at Xjet and look at the make & condition of the cars. Then, take a short hop over to the unions offices and count the new German cars.