Union Democracy [was: former Teamster "boss" Carey indicted]

[Justin Schwartz]

Justin, not Jason. I accept the criticism, and that is what I meant by 
saying that I accepted the TDU critique of Carey. Still, and still. It's not 
as awful, even for the union movement, to betray union democracy in the way 
Carey did as in the ways that Jackie Presser did. Would you rather have your 
money misappropriated for what the leadership sincerely believes, wrongly or 
not, is actually in your interest, or have your kneecaps broken because you 
objected to the way that the leadership stole your money for its personal 
profit, and who gives a fuck about your interests? AT least Carey you could 
talk to. --jks


>
>But it is wrong, to suggest as Jason did, that Carey "_did_ break the law,
>but it wasn't very awful as these things go." There was something quite 
>awful
>about what Carey, Ansara and, it seems, Trumka did, and not because it was
>illegal, but because it went straight to the core of union democracy.
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