Another Downside To A Bolstered Big Labor - No Flexibility To Deal With Economy

If Big Labor is able to convince Congress and the Obama Administration to enact The Employee Free Choice (or no choice) Act and other pro-Big Labor policies, companies will not have the flexibility to do this:

Even as layoffs are reaching historic levels, some employers have found an alternative to slashing their work force. They’re nipping and tucking it instead.
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A growing number of employers, hoping to avoid or limit layoffs, are introducing four-day workweeks, unpaid vacations and voluntary or enforced furloughs, along with wage freezes, pension cuts and flexible work schedules. These employers are still cutting labor costs, but hanging onto the labor.

The New York Times article does not mention unions or Big Labor even once, which again draws the question; is the NYT purposely not mentioning union reaction or are they too stupid to have asked anyone in Big Labor about this?

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