In the state of Washington it's probably a big issue because of the big dee-fence contractor presence.
Tom
Lisa & Ian Murray wrote:
> Well how many union members, SPEEA, Machinists etc., will get sucked
> into the vortex of the JSF? while they're still building F-16's to
> sell to say, Israel and Egypt, Taiwan, Turkey etc. It needs to become
> an issue for the unions here in the US so we can stop the arms race
> we're having with ourselves via our proxies.Ian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Tom
> Lehman
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 6:50 PM
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Re: WTO-PNTR For China
>
> I don't think this is a big issue today in the union
> movement. Sure, there are people who are tied to the big
> dee-fence contractors; and some on the left who state that
> war is good for the economy, that's why we have them. There
> probably are a few people who haven't grasped the high-tech
> nature of modern warfare and the very real potential use of
> tactical nuclear weapons and other nasty stuff regardless of
> how it is delivered.
>
> Also, the dee-fence contractors operate on the profit motive
> and they will sell anything they can to anybody who is
> willing to pay, if the government lets them. That's always
> been the case, I don't see why that would change now.
>
> Tom
>
> Lisa & Ian Murray wrote:
>
> > and one of the questions unions need to answer now is; are
> > they going to continue to make the weapons which would be
> > on hand to make the war mongering possible? having lots of
> > union members tucked inside the MIC is/will be a major
> > stumbling block to future international solidarity
> > strategies. http://www.webcom.com/ncecd/bp18.htmlian
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> > [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf
> > Of Tom Lehman
> > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 5:49 AM
> > To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> > Subject: Re: WTO-PNTR For China
> > Mike--This is an excellent url. I'm going to
> > ship it around to other Steelworkers so they can
> > see what we are up against and the
> > corporate/government types pushing this deal.
> >
> > Just remember, down the road these same
> > corporate/government types will be screaming for
> > war with China if their corporate interests get
> > burnt by a Chinese policy change. You can bet
> > on it!
> >
> > Tom Lehman
> >
> > Michael Pugliese wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.uschina.org/public/wto/
> >
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