Tom
Stephen E Philion wrote:
> Well, Tom, if the unions were supporting actively independent unionists in
> Mexico a decade or two back, well capital flight to Mexico might not seem
> *so* attractive as it does now...Active support of yellow unions in Latin
> America has come back to haunt the labor movement in the US. NAFTA is
> reality, solutions are needed that face how that reality got here in the
> first place.
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> The labor movement in the US has started to take some steps in that
> direction (Henwood, Bacon and others' reportage on that is useful in this
> regard). Hopefully it will continue to move in that direction. It's never
> too late after all.
>
> Steve
>
> Stephen Philion
> Lecturer/PhD Candidate
> Department of Sociology
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>
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Tom Lehman wrote:
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> > Mr Coffee plans to shut down its Cleveland area plant and move
> > production of its coffee machines to Mexico. Four hundred some workers
> > will be out of a job---90% of whom are women!
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> > The Mr.Coffee workers are represented by the Teamsters and make about 9
> > dollars an hour on average. The plant has been very profitable and this
> > is just another example of NAFTA at work.
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> > Tom Lehman
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