>How long does anyone conceive that the ephemeral coalition between labor and
>environmentalists will last when the NW Aluminum (congealed electricity)
>industry is forced to cut way back or even shut down in order to prevent the
>extinction of native salmon?
>
>When the basically non-unionized timber industry was forced to adjust to
>cutbacks in the Ancient Forest extraction industry, Big Labor resounded by
>sending troops to Indiana to campaign AGAINST Rep. Jim Jontz, D-IN because he
>had introduced a bill that would have protected America's fast vanishing
>Ancient Forests. For their efforts, union supporter Jontz was defeated and
>they got a right-wing successor who has been as rabidly anti-union as they
>come.
>
>Great strategy. Some alliance.
So what's your position? Is labor the enemy? Do you draw any distinction between labor leaders - or "tops," as my pals at Workers Vanguard like to say - and the rank & file, who were the subject of the article you're reacting to?
Doug