[lbo-talk] Anti-War Labor Empowerment

dredmond at efn.org dredmond at efn.org
Sun Nov 23 10:46:46 PST 2003


Quoting Bob Feldman <bob_jan at xensei.com>:


> Another
> result of CIA-linked unionism is the steep decline since 1945 in the
> percentage of U.S. workers who are unionized

This is becoming tiresome. The CIA, like most of the Cold War bureaucracies, peaked in power and influence during the 1960s, but unionization levels didn't drop like a rock until the mid-1970s. Most of US labor's problems were internal -- things like its lack of a Southern strategy, a lack of service-sector organizing, a lack of a coherent industrial policy, a lack of commitment/connection with the social justice movements, and a leadership dominated by white, male skilled workers, unable to connect with a diverse workforce.

-- DRR



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