<html><body> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Well, the same thing could have been - and was - said about the PATCO strike - and  that defeat led to a series of bitter labor defeats, in the airlines and beyond.  I see the failure of the other union leaderships to offer support as but another example of  the short sightedness of labor officialdom. SR</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, but you always have to be a bit skeptical when the more privileged part of a bargaining unit secedes.  No doubt IAM screwed up, but a strike by one section of a workforce can just be demanding more pay at the expense of other workers.    It makes the whole thing very messy.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <HR> <P></P>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>