> [Original Message]
> From: Charles Brown <cbrown at michiganlegal.org>
> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
> Date: 10/8/2005 6:44:29 AM
> Subject: [lbo-talk] UE on CAFTA
>
> Nathan Newman
>
> I was curious about
> -Andy Stern's statements in an impromptu press conference:
>
> -"When asked about how to talk with the union membership, Brother Stern
> said,
> -'Blogs and the internet. Union halls and small groups aren't working.' At
> -one point in the interview, he made the assertion that engaging in 'class
> -struggle unionism was outdated' and that 'a new partnership with
employers
> -was necessary to build unions and America.'"
>
> ^^^
>
> CB: I'm a little confused. Since the Reuther takeover of the UAW, the red
> purges of 55 years ago, the labor movement has _not_ been engaged in class
> struggle unionism. What's outdated , or at least proven an enormous
failure,
> is class collaboration unionism ( partnership with the employers). So,
what
> is he talking about ? What is needed is to bring _back_ class struggle
> unionism.
>
>
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