[lbo-talk] union money

[Jim Devine]

On 2/11/06, Marvin Gandall <marvgandall at videotron.ca> wrote:
>Meanwhile, you might persuade one or two frustrated unions to abandon
political action altogether and to spend their PAC money on
extraparliamentary campaigns and organizing, but it's unlikely they
would be able to abstain for very long given all of the political
decisions which affect the working conditions and living standards of
their members. The unions and social movements learned early that they
need sympathetic legislators and regulators and judges to defend and
advance their rights - these days, mostly to defend them - so they're
inevitably compelled to raise political action money on behalf of the
liberal parties against the conservative ones, even through clenched
teeth. Unions who withdraw their support from the Democrats, if they
don't abstain, become "Gomperists" who look for sympathetic Republican
candidates, who are rarely more progressive than their counterparts on
the Democratic side. <

a lot of union members are Republicans. Shouldn't the union leadership
consult the members about which candidates (if any) to support? In
that case, "extraparliamentary campaigns and organizing" might be the
way to go...

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Jim Devine
Bust Big Brother Bush!

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