[lbo-talk] NYT on French unions

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Wed Mar 29 09:24:08 PST 2006



>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>[This is pretty funny - they're soooo rigid, but they're also immensely
>popular. And all without gangsters. I wonder if anyone at the AFL-CIO is
>asking how the French unions can cause such trouble with just 8% density.
>Maybe it's all that red wine.]

Actually, according to Craig S. Smith, it's because the unions:


>... have found a willing populace, thanks perhaps to the romantic legacy of
>the French Revolution.

So what the hell is wrong with the romantic legacy of the *American* Revolution? Why are Americans so willing to take a broomstick up the ass from employers?

Carl



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