tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post6317329219863592557..comments2024-03-18T13:27:42.621-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: The New Friedrichs Anti-Union LawsuitPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-28876613716344480792017-02-08T14:21:05.100-05:002017-02-08T14:21:05.100-05:00The unions' leadership endorsed Hillary. By my...The unions' leadership endorsed Hillary. By my observations, they did so with total disregard for the desires of their memberships. SEIA was a revealing case in point—the outrage expressed on various locals' Facebook groups was volcanic.<br /><br />Unions are gutted because no one bothered to teach the generations how hard people fought and how many died to create them. Even back fifty years ago, the facts about labor organizing were skimmed over in American history texts I studied. Then, with the help of media corrupted by corporate money, the narrative was very carefully adjusted to the focus was all on "mob infiltration" and strikers going violent against "peaceful" scabs.<br /><br />So long as two workers refuse to accept that they are powerless in the face of the corporate juggernaut, there will be unions. Those who truly care about workers should be learning how to support them, not tell them they should just give up and accept that they're doomed to be serfs to the neo-feudal lords of plutocracy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737598049116959997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-57856197346246329842017-02-07T17:24:00.312-05:002017-02-07T17:24:00.312-05:00Public sector unions are gutted. It's over.
A...Public sector unions are gutted. It's over.<br /><br />Although I realize this is a net loss for the middle class, a part of me thinks the unions deserve it after their premature endorsements of Hillary.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004306656101787909noreply@blogger.com