[lbo-talk] Graber on consensus

[Gar Lipow]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Bill Bartlett <william7 at aapt.net.au> wrote:
> At 5:34 PM -0500 26/2/13, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
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> Also it might be argued that as a member of the ruling class, his motivation
> for wanting to limit majoritarian power over the minority was mainly that he
> wanted to preserve minority power over the majority. My motives are purer.
> ;-)

Just to be absolutely clear - If an overwhelming majority of a 10,000
member union want to go on strike, and all but one of the rest are not
willing to block, you think that one person out of 10,000 should be
able to block the strike?


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