Hold on a second why? Who wrote they were writing off SEIU? Not me. I simply said I disagree with the tactic of violently attempting to disrupt the Labor Notes meeting, Nothing more. I also said nothing about whether CNA's actions were acceptable or not. I frankly admitted I didn't know enough about the particulars to take one side or the other in that conflict. What you label as a tussle I label as violence. Not head bashing, shooting, stabbing violence but low-level violence nonetheless. There is nothing democratic or helpful about one pro-labor group attempting to disrupt another pro-labor groups meeting over an issue that is peripheral to that meeting. Labeling CNA's actions as unionbusting is also BS. Maybe it's raiding, maybe not, but it isn't unionbusting and claiming it is suggests SEIU is on weak ground if their position isn't defensible mislabeling CNA's real actions.
I agree we cannot afford infighting. CNA's attempt to insert itself into Ohio may be a problem but certainly less so than trying to violently disrupt a pro-labor meeting by Labor Notes just because someone from CNA was scheduled to speak. You don't have to take SEIU's or CNA's side to recognize that an attempt to disrupt the meeting of Labor Notes, an ally in labors struggle, is not only not productive but is counterproductive to the labor movement overall.
John Thornton