Carrol Cox wrote:
> Not the least of the mistakes -- one might almost say crimes -- of
> the AFL-CIO is that AFSCME counts prison guards as workers.
> I live only 35 miles from the Illinois prison at Pontiac Illiinois -- and
> I do believe the guards there are the most vicious "gang" in the
> state of Illinois. They have about as much right to be accepted as
> workers as the guards at Buchenwald.
>
> Carrol
There seems to be a right wing dominance in certain "trades," the Prison Guards for one as you mention can be thugs, fascists, unaccountable to the public. The LA Police Dept. for another, has thwarted attempts at citizen oversight much needed to curb unwarranted police shootings like the killing of a 105 pound mentally disabled woman who they claim threatened them with a screwdriver.
Today's LA Times ran a story about left-right divisions in one trade union in Sweden that you may find of interest. Seems the right wing element got an elected seat on the board, some other members protested, and the right wing element killed one protester:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/19991114/t000103763.html
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