The war on organized labor and workers' rights
during my years in corporate life, i've experienced first-hand and many times precisely the attitude that sirota describes...
now, let's be really, really honest here... have labor unions become corporate bureaucracies of their own...? have they suffered from entrenched leadership anxious to perpetuate its perks and power...? have they sometimes picked battles simply for the sake of demonstrating they are still capable of looking out for workers' rights even if the case didn't have merit...? of COURSE, and the list goes on... and, reasonably and rationally, why WOULDN'T union organizations mirror that of the employers they are there to represent...? do unions need a different, more vital, more in-tune-with-today approach that tackles today's REAL worker issues... the answer is a resounding YES... but, to do so, unions have to shake off their own mossbacks and self-serving power brokers, just like corporations must do, just like government must do, just like the republican and democratic parties must do... Submit To Propeller
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U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige labeled one "a terrorist organization." Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, called them "a clear and present danger to the security of the United States." And U.S. Rep. Charles Norwood, R-Ga., claimed they employ "tyranny that Americans are fighting and dying to defeat in Iraq and Afghanistan" and are thus "enemies of freedom and democracy," who show "why we still need the Second Amendment" to defend ourselves with firearms.
Who are these supposed threats to America? No, not Osama bin Laden followers, but labor unions made up of millions of workers -- janitors, teachers, firefighters, police officers, you name it.
now, let's be really, really honest here... have labor unions become corporate bureaucracies of their own...? have they suffered from entrenched leadership anxious to perpetuate its perks and power...? have they sometimes picked battles simply for the sake of demonstrating they are still capable of looking out for workers' rights even if the case didn't have merit...? of COURSE, and the list goes on... and, reasonably and rationally, why WOULDN'T union organizations mirror that of the employers they are there to represent...? do unions need a different, more vital, more in-tune-with-today approach that tackles today's REAL worker issues... the answer is a resounding YES... but, to do so, unions have to shake off their own mossbacks and self-serving power brokers, just like corporations must do, just like government must do, just like the republican and democratic parties must do... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
9/04/2006
