On May 30, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Jim Straub wrote:
> Doug offered that
> SEIU was 'insane' to think that a House and Senate with large dem
> majorities is more likely to pass pro-worker labor law than a
> republican one.
Not exactly. Here's what I actually said:
> On May 22, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Mark Rickling quoted Nelson
> Lichtenstein:
>
>
>> But Stern and his allies within the SEIU believe that with a
>> Democratic Party landslide in the offing this November, unions are on
>> the verge of an historic breakthrough.
>>
>
> That's funny.
I don't know how you define a historic breakthrough, but I'll bet you $1,000 that private sector union density won't be above 10% by the time the 2012 election rolls around.
Doug