[lbo-talk] ciao, unions

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Feb 24 09:56:23 PST 2010


On Feb 24, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Alan Rudy wrote:


> (I'm
> not putting the majority of the blame on unions but, from here in
> mid-Michigan, its hard to see that they've helped their case much in
> the
> Rust Belt.)

They deserve a lot of blame. Where are they on fighting for a serious jobs program or single-payer health care? Nowhere, man. Maybe some press releases on the former, and active complicity with Obamashit on the latter. Their biggest intervention in the health care debate has been to fight the "Cadillac tax," out of pure self-interest. It's one thing to fight the good fight and lose; it's another not to fight at all.

Doug



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