[lbo-talk] SMART on the SEIU

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Feb 25 10:00:54 PST 2008


On Feb 24, 2008, at 11:31 PM, Mark Rickling wrote:


> What you write (prior to the "actual gains" part) is certainly true,
> but there's a very ugly element to what Fitch is arguing which
> shouldn't be minimized or dismissed.

I wish Bob hadn't put it that way - it is ugly. Especially since it's a gift to SEIU defenders, who can obsess about that and evade his main points - that organizing via contribs to Dem politicians is a different beast from organizing private sector employees, and the homecare workers haven't all seen much in the way of gains from their organized status. Evidently a lot of people inside SEIU agree.

Doug



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