[ASDnet] NEW DEM DAILY: A New Economy Labor Movement

[Max Sawicky]

One of the guys looked up to by this group, which I
knew nothing about before today, is Steve Herzenberg,
who is an URPE member in Pennsylvania and a righteous
dude.  Runs a mini-EPI in Harrisburg and wrote a recent
book on new conditions confronting the labor movement.

It would not be helpful to prejudge ideas coming out
of the DLC's policy shop, the "Progressive Policy
Institute," or out of the NEIS by reference to the
corporate barricudas that DLC politicians patronize.
Note that there are
NO Dem politicians who would refuse money from any
of those people, and probably none who haven't tried
to get some.

I remember all the angst when Junior Hoffa won the
Teamster election; the AFL was going to be taken over,
the dinosaurs were coming back, etc. etc.  It was all
bullshit.  The 'right-wing' AFL unions are often more
progressive on economic issues than some of their
bretheren.  Also note the disparity between the liberal-
identified NEA and the AFT on gay issues.

mbs

I would not jump to too many quick conclusions here. NEIS is also linked to
the AFL-CIO and other international union web sites and to EPI, where Max
Sawicky works. . . .