My next door neighbor is a union organizer for 32B/32J national -- which for
the uninitiated is the union that "made" John Sweeny and carried him to win
the election of the AFL/CIO. Oh, did I mention that my neighbor is African
American, male, and way left of center? He was hired by Sweeny
At 02:02 PM 3/29/98 +, maxsaw wrote:
The new leadership of the AFL took as its
inaugural premise the need for a new, strong
emphasis on organizing. I've seen a lot of
complaints, present company excepted, about the
new leadership's shortcomings, but no serious
analysis of how they are
To whom...,
From what I've read, the leadership may be talking organizing, but
the locals are not going for it and not funding/staffing it. The problem is
that the unions are not putting forward unionism as a political movement.
They are simply thinking
The name of this initiative suggests that it is a measure in favor of
campaign finance reform.
One effect might be to force unions to work on organizing more than
cozying up to Democratic wing of the money party.
The new leadership of the AFL took as its
inaugural premise the need for a
The name of this initiative suggests that it is a measure in favor of
campaign finance reform.
One effect might be to force unions to work on organizing more than
cozying up to Democratic wing of the money party.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA
