one thought that comes to mind reading this article is the contradiction between what labor unions and class struggle mean or could mean on the one hand- opposition to capital, or at least 'the boss', class solidarity, struggle; and what they have come to mean for many- a depoliticized, relatively comfortable "good life" with lots of nice shiny posessions, and support for the status quo.
in other words, yea, we want people to have dignity and nice comfortable lives, but doesnt all this stuff, directly resulting from struggle, usually conducted in the past, conservatize people? has labor been totally co-opted? how the hell do you approach a person working 40 hrs a week with a house and two cars and benefits and talk about revolution?
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