AFL-CIO on the WTO

[Lisa & Ian Murray]

mbs wrote>>An interesting sidelight here is that the unions do not line up
"left-right" on this issue.  The Teamsters and building trades
are closer to the UAW and steelworkers on this, while the
SEIU and AFSCME are in concert with the teachers.

mbs

One would think that the service sector unions [especially teachers and
AFSCME] would be foaming at the mouth at the GATS 2000 in the WTO especially
with regards to open international bidding on govt. procurement, which will
open up all kinds of privatization scams as well as give imprimatur to even
stranger education voucher strategies.  The Canadians are way out front on
this and November should present enormous opportunities for cross border
strategizing/organizing on this issue.  Funny how progressives are actually
being forced to play conservative on some of these issues.

ian