>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/18/04 3:46 PM >>> http://www.swans.com/ July 19, 2004 -- In this issue: http://www.swans.com/library/art10/lproy17.html The Case for Nader-Camejo - by Louis Proyect Unlike the DLC-backed candidates of recent years, Nader is not afraid to represent himself as an old-fashioned trade union advocate. He writes:
"Whether workers unionize makes a big difference in their compensation and treatment. The Economics Policy Institute reports that unionization provides a 28 percent wage premium to workers -- meaning the same person in the same job, on average, will earn 11.5 percent more if the job is unionized -- and a much larger edge in the area of benefits (more than 100 percent for insurance, nearly 200 percent for pensions)." <<<<<>>>>> i don't think my criticisms of nader are liberal but i guess some would disagree... i've a hunch that some left interest in nader is reflection of absence of actual left alternatives, as panelist at forum i attended in ann arbor said yesterday: 'he's best known option", lousy way to develop actual left alternative... another panelist referred with reverence to eugene debs, well i dig debs too but real importance at that time was neither his 6% of prez vote in 1912 or million votes he got in 1920 while in prison, more significant was over 1300 - mostly local - elected socialists prior to ww1... nader's advocacy of old-fashioned trade unionism (gompersism? business unionism?) apparently stops with those who've worked for him over years if accounts i've read about organizing at public citizen and multinational monitor are accurate... we've really had enough 'party of person' candidacies/parties... michael hoover -------------------------------------------------------------- Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure.
