[lbo-talk] help

[Eric]

Can someone remind me again why unions are so vital to leftist 
politics? As far as I can tell, really existing unions are actually 
retreating from politics, toward the national interest and away from 
any sort of working-class mutual aid. I know this is not a new 
development, but after the UAW deal, it seems like it might really be 
useful to evaluate the left's undying faith in the anachronistic 
political form called the union.