[lbo-talk] Surowecki on unions

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It's also important to recognize how much of the anti-union sentiment
is stoked by conservative/business elites and activists. Since the
1950s, and especially since the 1970s, they've propgated the
anti-union line and sought to proliferate it down from rightwing think
tanks, lobbyists and business groups. See Kim Phillips-Fein's book,
"Invisible Hands," as well as Joseph McCartin's work on the attacks on
public sector unionism in the 1970s.

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:55 PM,  <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> I hear a lot of anti-union sentiment, but it's hard to say what it means because the last generation has seen a near universal condemnation of organized labor and expressed complete contempt for labor in general. To be a worker in this country is synonymous with being a loser. The only thing worse than being a worker is being in jail.
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> The reality shows, which focus entirely on the ritual humiliation of the working class and on showing that the poor are capable of anything in order to get ahead, have only added fuel to the fire.
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> Joanna
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> http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2011/01/17/110117ta_talk_surowiecki
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