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2012 考研英语阅读真题：考研英语（一）第 4 篇 If the trade unionist Jimmy Hoffa were alive today, he would probably represent civil servant. When Hoffa ’ s Teamsters were in their prime in 1960, only one in ten American government workers belonged to a union 。 now 36% do. In 2009 the number of unionists in America ’publics sector passed that of their fellow members in the private sector. In Britain, more than half of public-sector workers but only about 15% of private-sector ones are unionized. There are three reasons for the public- sector unions ’ thriving. First, they can shut things down without suffering m