fantasy and political organization

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jun 5 11:28:17 PDT 2001


Max Sawicky wrote:


> >LABOR STANDARDS, in the U.S. and everywhere else.
>
>Oh yes, we're real good on labor standards here in the U.S. A model
>for the world, in fact, just like our political democracy. Doug
>
>
>Sounds defeatist to me. 'We' are better than many, but even
>so, there is no reason to refrain from agitation that tries to
>improve.

I agree, but I think lots of U.S. union people like to talk about labor standards abroad to distract attention from their many failures at home. That old beam in the eye again.

Doug



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