Union Avoids Neutrality Agreements Fight- Fears Bush NLRB Attack

Joe R. Golowka joeG at ieee.org
Wed Jul 18 16:50:25 PDT 2001


----- Original Message -----
> This article below summarizes the bankruptcy of the "there is no
difference"
> attack on Dems. As the article notes, CWA has dropped charges against
> Verizon over its blantant violations of a neutrality agreement won as part
> of last summer's mass strike on the East Coast. Why?
>
> Because the fear is that the Bush NLRB will declare the whole agreement
> illegal. Understand, this potential attack on neutrality agreements would
> undermine the strategy that has allowed most of the major organziing that
> has succeeded in the last decade, from CWA's telephone organizing to
HERE's
> hotel organizing in places like Las Vegas.
>
> For those doing organizing, the difference between operating under a GOP
> NLRB and a Dem NLRB is like night and day. And those who pretend
otherwise
> just show how disconnected they are from the day-to-day reality of union
> organizing.
>
> Nader screwed the union movement. All the rationalizations won't change
that
> fact.

The Democrats screwed Labor long before Nader ran. They've had the opportunity to modify labor laws to make them more favorable to unions but haven't done it. It was that failure which made the above incident possible.

And blaming Nader for the Dem's loss of the election is absurd (it's equally absurd to expect a union-buster like Nader to worry too much about supporting unions). The Socialist Party and Worker's World got enough votes to swing the tide between Gore & Bush, why don't you blame McReynolds? In an election this close you can single out and blame virtually and group you like. If Gore weren't so spineless things could be different. In Florida, more democrats defected to the Republicans then to Nader. You should be blaming the Democrats & Republicans for the above, not Nader.

Joe R. Golowka JoeG at ieee.org Anarchist FAQ - http://www.anarchistfaq.org

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