[lbo-talk] A Delphi worker on Delphi

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Doug:
> Isn't this an individualist solution to a huge collective political
> problem? Why isn't the UAW pushing for national health insurance and
> an end to pension chicanery? Why aren't they, as Sam Gindin
> suggested, pushing for more innovation by the US auto industry? Are
> the members too fond of their SUVs? At this rate, GM is going to fade
> away.

This is precisely an example of being stuck in the past and the lack of a
vision for the future that I have been ranting about for some time.  UAW was
instrumental in the SUV revolution (Keith Bradsher, _High and Mighty_) which
is a sad example of the reactionary role of organized labor in this country.

Honestly, I do not see any new ideas coming out of these quarters.  For some
time I thought that Labor Party would go somewhere, but it flopped and is
practically never heard of again.  My ex used to work as an organizer for
UNITE and was telling me horror stories about their attempt to cooperate
with UAW "dinosaurs"  - it was like a re-enactment of the Archie Bunker
show.  

Frankly, I think organized labor in this country is practically extinct and
living in the past on the borrowed time.  Sad, but true.

Wojtek