unions

[joanna bujes]

At 01:30 PM 08/08/2002 -0400, Gordon wrote:
>The successs of a _union_ leads to bourgeoisification, because
>the values, understandings and relations with which a union
>is organized are liberal -- as I said, they're groups of
>persons who are combining to advance their collective and
>private interests, very much like people forming a corporation,
>partnership, or cooperative.  When and if they succeed, there
>will be a difference between them and the people who haven't
>succeeded, and they will be motivated to attempt to conserve
>their advantages, that is, enter into a class relation with
>the rest of the community.

My father was a member of the Teamsters. I remember one day (in the early 
seventies) he mentioned that it cost $500.00 to join the Teamsters, and my 
mother quipped "I guess they want to make sure no proletarians can get in."

$500 WAS a huge amount of money in the early seventies.

Joanna