There is one exception, however, National Education Association. Teachers are by and large the most unionized occupation in the US - 38.7% of all employed (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.t03.htm) - more than any other occupation. NEA's political action seem far more strategically oriented than those of AFL-CIO, and my feeling is that they are rather lukewarm about the Obama administration. And for a good reason - this administration seems to be presiding over the assault on public education and teachers aiming to dismantle and privatize public education system.
Wojtek
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:19 PM, c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote:
> [WS:] I don't know, Charles. The Obama administration was certainly
> more sympathetic to labor (or shall I say less hostile?) that the
> previous administration, but keep in mind that this administration is
> leading a frontal assault on public education and teacher unions -
> perhaps the last bastion of trade unionism in the US.
>
> Wojtek
>
> ^^^^
> CB: I'm pretty sure, Wojtek, that Richard Trumka knows thoroughly
> everything pertinent to labor's interests that has gone down since the
> Obama Admin and before. I'm going with his assessment over yours.
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