Bill Clinton had already shown that a Democratic president can get away with pissing on the unions without losing their support.
Jim Farmelant http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant
---------- Original Message ---------- From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Query re Teacher Firings in the U.S. Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:26:16 -0500
On Mar 10, 2010, at 11:14 AM, ken hanly wrote:
> Obmaa is supposed to be pro-union I thought. The unions will think
> twice about support him in future at this rate.
On the first, not really. We'll see if he does the recess appointment of whosis to the NLRB. On the second, don't bet on it. They've shown a remarkable ability to get pissed on and come back for more.
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