On Apr 11, 2009, at 11:01 PM, Eric Beck wrote:
> [Haven't seen much on the list about the Visteon occupation, but
> thought I'd put up this postmortem. Not much of a surprise that the
> union's existential survival would trump the workers' desires, and
> certainly no surprise that the SWP would seize the opportunity to
> profit from others' work. But still interesting, to me at least.]
I hadn't known a thing about it until your post. But how often is it the case that the rank and file is really all that much more militant than the union leadership? I really mean that as a question. I don't know.
Doug