as for the legal barriers, let's remember that union members made a good deal of that possible by voting for the Reagan revolution, despite the fact that he fired the air traffic controllers.....  "Brian O. Sheppard" <bsheppard@bari.iww.org> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > Let's just face it: the United States of America sucks big time. It is > the institutional complex that is extremely inhospitable to any form of > progressive activism: from labor organizing, to peace movement, and to > environmental protection. Until this institutional complex is > destroyed or seriously weakened, any chances of progress in these areas > are very small, indeed. It thus makes littke sense to blame the > organizers for the lack of success. Wojtek, did you even read my email? I wasn't blaming the organizers. And yes, I agree with your comments on legal barriers to unionization. That is a crime. Brian ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE> <hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!? <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/mailsig/*http://tax.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Tax Center</a> - File online, calculators, forms, and more