At the time, the TUC had been urging the then Labour government to activate part of the Employment Relations Act 1999 outlawing blacklisting because of anecdotal evidence from trade unionists that the problem was increasing.
Further, the decline of the private sector union movement and the end of the defined benefit retirement plans that were once provided to workers as a part of their employment package have only served to make the problem worse.
Lanny Davis, a former White House counsel, told CNN he sees a problemof "perception" and believed Scalia should at mentioned his sons' employment to the Gore legal team.
The former reason poses a bit of a problem: those incoming interns who are seeking notice and eventual full-time employment may get left out in the cold come next season.