Nader

[Tom Lehman]

Doug--Like Justin, I wrote a friend who knows Nader personally to find
out if there was anything to the rumor.  The friend asked what he should
tell Nader.  I explained that a move like the one suggested would only
hurt Nader's friends in the the labor movement and scare off potential
supporters.

Let me say this, Nader has influential friends in the labor movement
here in Ohio.  If they openly support Nader is one thing, but, they sure
won't do anything to hurt him.  I'm sure this is true across the nation.

Tom

Doug Henwood wrote:


> JKSCHW at aol.com wrote:
>
> >I wrote the Nader campaign about this, and they replied that Ralph
> >is NOT going to cross any picket lines or interview with the scab
> >papers. he is going to Michigan to talk to labor, his campaign
> >manager says. There was a nasty little snipe about, N satnds by
> >labor, but will lanor stand by him? But sniping is one thing,
> >crossing picket lines another.
>
> Yup, news came down yesterday or today that Ralph changed his plans.
>
> As for Ralph and labor, the guy's history with unions isn't
> untroubled. He didn't like them in the 1970s, and he didn't like it
> in the 1980s when people in his own shop tried to organize.
>
> Doug