July 7, 1999 'Chance and Necessity' Open at Kennedy Museum Counseling Available for Adult Learners Through August 20

• If you're planning to graduate at the end of summer, now is the time to complete and pay for the graduation application. Visit the Registrar's Window 5 on the first floor of Chubb Hall. The final deadline is July 22.
  
  
• For more, please visit the online Calendar of Events

• Free Cancer Screenings for Women Thursday
  
  
• Preview Days: Ohio University's Summer "Open House" for Prospective Students
  
  
• Sign Up Now for Summer Trips to an Indians Game, Cedar Point, etc.
  
  
• 1999 Bobcat Football Season Tickets Still Available
  
  
• Transportation from Athens to Columbus available

Private Sector Membership in Labor Unions on the Decline Today's labor unions aren't what they were just a decade ago, according to a recently published analysis of big labor in America. The percentage of people working in the private sector who belong to a labor union is about what it was in the 1920s, and today's union leaders are more educated, more politically savvy and sometimes more militant than leaders of the past. At the same time, research suggests union strength is actually growing among government workers. The decline in private sector union membership is caused in part by a move away from heavy manufacturing into other endeavors, a changing work environment, more educated workforce and a global economy. The research suggests that while labor unions still wield influence in the private sector, employees seem to be less interested in joining. Distinguished Professors of Economics Richard Vedder and Lowell Gallaway co-authored the study. For more information, please read the full text of this press release.