unions

[JCWisc at aol.com]

In a message dated 08/08/2002 4:50:52 PM Central Daylight Time, 
joanna.bujes at ebay.sun.com writes:


> 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.
>  
>  Joanna

I don't know that Reagan thought it out to that degree, but his instincts 
were certainly sound.  The air-traffic controllers did endorse him in the 
1980 election, the only union to do so, I think.

Jacob Conrad