When it comes to public-sector unionism, some- times good news is no news. How else to explain the refusal of the news media to cover the largerst union organizing victory in recent history?

In ballots counted on June 29, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) won elections to represent almost 30,000 nonteaching employees of the University of California (UC). They include approximately 19,000 clerical workers, 6,000 se...