[lbo-talk] OK, Nathan

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Feb 1 13:43:05 PST 2006


John Lacny wrote:


>Doug Henwood to Nathan Newman:
>
>> So you're saying the mob did the unions a favor?
>> Would you advocate future joint ventures between
>> organized crime and organized labor, or was this
>> just a one-off thing?
>
>Doug, would you please just stop this bullshit? You know damn well that
>that's not what Nathan is saying.

At 3:38 PM -0500 2/1/06, Nathan Newman wrote:
>Workers all spoke fondly of the mob owners in
>comparison to the new corporate owners.
>
>Enter the 1989 negotiations (where I came in as a young organizer)-- that
>was the do-or-die fight where outside organizers were brought in and the new
>organizing model developed to deal with the union. This was the rebirth of
>the union but not it's first time getting a foothold. In fact, it was just
>restoring the strength it once had back in the olden days.



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