[lbo-talk] And they're hitting the streets in Romania....

[C. McKenna]

"Although the country’s trade unions have done all that they can to 
suppress protests and strikes, there is a growing wave of anger against 
the measures dictated by the International Monetary Fund and European 
Union."

This is very interesting from an Irish perspective as it mirrors, almost 
precisely, the role the trade unions are playing here. That is, of 
supporting state austerity measures (with varying degrees of 
enthusiasm), including a truly diabolical agreement for public sector 
workers which will set workers rights back decades, if accepted by union 
members. What is it about contemporary union leaders that so many of 
them seem intent on misrepresenting their own members' interests when 
they are not actively working against them? And why do workers keep 
voting for these bozos as leaders?