> At 01:30 PM 08/08/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >Can't one then say the same thing about the disabilities rights movement?
> >Somehow I can't help but think that this is terribly reductionist....
>
> Not quite; disabilities rights workers agitate on behalf of ALL disabled
> people. Unions agitate on behalf of a select group of workers. If there
> were more solidarity among unions, they would be much more successful. I
> expect that Reagan's going after the air-traffic controllers first, was
> indicative of his belief that solidarity would be slight with this group
of
> relatively privileged workers. He was right.
When unions fight for minimum wage laws, exactly what select group of members is that? Dues paying members? Why did unions fight for Enron employees' severance packages? Are Enron employees members of unions? The list goes on and on....
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