http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/103928/not-bang-whimper-the-long-slow-death-spiral-americas-labor-movement?page=0,1
This article has a telling quote that I think goes a long way towards explaining why and how unions lost the battle for the hearts and minds of the US public. ---------QUOTE----- One guy stood up and said something like, “Why should I care about your membership? They’re making more money than I am, they have better benefits than I do. Who needs you or them?” Wimpy’s response was to turn on the guy—again, this is from memory, but it’s of a piece with his career—and bellow, “What are you yelling at me for, you jerk. Rather than attack workers who have organized themselves into a union and are doing better than you because of it, why don’t you organize a union yourself?! Then you can get better pay and benefits, too!” ---------QUOTE----- How is this response any different to those idiots on Fox News who whose all-purpose response to concerns about income inequality is to yell "Class Warfare!!" and preach about how you should not envy the rich for their well-deserved success? -raghu. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
