Bloomberg on NYC Rebuilding- union wrokers to get screwed

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Nov 15 10:33:23 PST 2001


Nathan Newman wrote:


>Well, for those who like their enemies speaking in clear prose,
>Bloomberg may be a refreshing change. In Newsweek this week:
>
>"It's a different kind of problem [from 1975]...Back then the unions
>didn't understand that they would have to bear the brunt of any
>downturn. Today all the unions understand that."

Interesting version of history. I wonder who Mike things bore the brunt of the '75 downturn. Bondholders? And not city workers, users of city services, students at CUNY, etc. etc.?

Doug



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