>Steelworkers and other mass production workers were once predominantly new
>immigrants, no? (In fact, the ratio of the foreign-born to the native-born
>workers was much higher in the early decades of this century than now.)
>But the unions organized them anyway. That's the spirit we need.
Lots of unionists agree with you, or profess to agree with you. The AFL-CIO didn't make Linda Chavez-Thompson secretary-treasurer for nothing. They're not 100% troglodytes like they used to be - just maybe 50% now. This is progress, no?
Doug