[lbo-talk] more on The Split

[Nathan Newman]

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From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
>The unions don't need to get "smarter" in their organizing, they
>just need to do *more* organizing. And spend less money on million
>dollar headquarters buildings in Washington, DC.

-When I interviewed her last week, Barbara Ehrenreich cited Jonathan
-Tasini's estimate that the AFL-CIO and Teamster HQ in Washington are
-collectively worth a billion dollars.

And the overall income of the unions EACH YEAR is in the many billion dollar 
range-- I saw one estimate of ten billion dollars per year, although that 
seemed a touch high -- so any serious redirection of resources to organizing 
can have a massive effect.

Nathan Newman