[lbo-talk] Wal-Mart's PR war

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Nathan:
> The fact that almost every organization that advocates for workers rights
> also screws over its own workers is a sad fact.  I think it applies to
every
> place I've ever worked.  Working conditions are sometimes worse at
> progressive places on the idea, justified in some ways and unjustified in
> others, that you are giving to the cause, so you deserve less decent
> treatment than if the only reason you were there was for the money.

Not to mention the lack of unionization of advocacy groups.  

It is difficult to find the data, BLS stats report unionization at
three-digit NAICS level for some industries
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.t03.htm
but not for advocacy groups (NAICS 8133) civic and social groups (NAICS
8134) and Business, professional, labor, political and similar orgs (NAICS
8139).  These are lumped together with Other Services (NAICS 81) which show
unionization rate of 3.8% of all employed (vs. 8.2% the private sector
average, and 37.2% the public sector average).

Wojtek