[lbo-talk] LBO's Union Experts, I Call Upon Ye!

Joseph Catron jncatron at gmail.com
Tue Apr 15 17:15:24 PDT 2008


On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 6:10 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> When has any union done that? Aside from SEIU, of course

Doug, I hope you realize you're making my points for me, and more vehemently than I would.


> and the
> fruitfulness of the density at all costs strategy remains unproved.

As opposed to what? The density doesn't matter strategy? The shrink to nothing strategy?


> And what union organizing strategy has Labor Notes actually
> controlled?

You're asking the wrong question. When have they ever focused energy on new organizing?


> TDU was the closest they came, and that wasn't without
> its virtues, was it?

You're talking "virtues;" I'm talking numbers. We might as well be speaking Finnish and Urdū.



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