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On Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at 11:58 PM, Charles Jannuzi wrote:
> Perhaps, to stay under the withering crossfire of
> the corporate right and the union conservative
> patriots, what might be tried is: an National
> Association of Service Workers.
>
> Go for mass membership, non-profit org. status,
> keep membership fees down, and set a limited
> agenda with popular appeal (basic health care
> coverage for all, higher minimum wage, fairer tax
> codes for workers, and better regulation of our
> working and educational lives--some recent ideas
> from the Netherlands and France seem
> interesting). Part-time and temporary workers
> would be most welcome. NPO networking, also,
> would be desirable, since the US elite's
> hijacking of WTO and OECD agendas has to be
> countered. For a start, shame that elite. It's
> the US that has to become more like Europe, not
> vice versa, though many US workers now would find
> they have more in common with much of the
> developing world (but with less access to health
> care).
>
> Charles Jannuzi
>
>
>
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