>That's true, Carrol, but the suggestion was that the US labour movement has
>organic ties to the Democratic Party extending deep into the rank and file
>which many on the left have difficulty accepting, and taking into account in
>distinguishing between the the two parties. The reported 50000 election
>volunteers for Kerry within a single union is not insignificant, and this
>degree of electoral mobilization is probably true of other unions and social
>movements as well. And within the framework of electoral politics, how are
>these SEIU members "wrong" in concluding that a Democratic administration
>would be better disposed to the labour movement in regard to legislation and
>regulatory appointments than the Republicans, and working towards that end?
You're asking Carrol about questions of individual and small-group allegiance and motivation. That's not his strong suit. His strong suit is those disembodied Major Structural Forces, about which we can do more or less nothing.
Doug