Labor's "Hired Brains"

The article focuses on the book "Intellectuals in Labor Unions," by Harold L. Wilensky. The book focuses on many hundreds of intellectuals working within American labor unions in important capacities. They came in very largely in the early 1940's reflecting the rapid expansion of unionism under the New Deal and the increasing involvement of labor unions. In this context, the considerations laid down in the book naturally bring up the problem of bureaucracy.