Bankruptcy Bill - stalled for the moment

[Marta Russell]

>Doug Henwood wrote:
>>
>>
>>  Where have the unions been on this? Why don't they have thousands of
>>  people in the streets and lobbying Congress? It'd give them a chance
>>  to look like they're defending the whole working class for a change.
>
>The AFL-CIO's reason for being is to keep people off the streets. That
>is also the DP's reason for being.
>
>Carrol

William Greider had a piece in the Nation about the corporate mess. 
He pointed out that several unions are pursuing lawsuits where their 
union members are also shareholders.  So while some of this may work 
to the benefit of social reform, it seems to me that workers and 
investors ultimately have very different interests.  This sure does 
mess up thinking about unions in the old way.

Marta
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Marta Russell
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