Service Industry Unions

[Jennifer A Young]

I checked out Liza Featherstone's article on McDonald's and Walmart
unionization attempts.  Three words that caught my attention in the article
were:  Unified National Campaign.  Surely that is the ticket.  The article
mentioned that unions have historically shunned "the young, low-wage workers
that staff the retail sector".  Why would they do that?  The article
suggests that many young folks, even some with degrees, are going to end up
in service positions permanantly.  It was also indicated in the story that
service industies constitute a huge portion of this booming economy we ALL
are supposed to be enjoying.  Welfare reform coupled with an crummy, ignored
low end labor pool constitutes legalized slavery in my book.