Eric wrote:
>
> 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.
As far as I know, unions have been radical _only_ when the right to unions was the subject of struggle. Established unions are as you mention (bar a scattering of locals).
Carrol