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• • 25 Feb 10
  • 8:42 am

  With all due respect, Mr. Greenwald, we do the same thing.

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• • 25 Feb 10
  • 8:38 am

  I've been shouting this message for quite a while. the support of the public is critical for us in the labor movement, to try to advance without it is pointless. The message we have is good but the delivery needs to be changed. We are workers for workers, that's it. the time to "demand" from everyone is over, the time for us to stand on our own two feet is here. The labor movement must get off the political "teat" and focus on workers, the community and our country. We are not reinventing the wheel, this is how we did it …

  Posted to Image Problem: Unions Losing American Popularity Contest, Survey Says

• • 25 Nov 09
  • 8:30 am

  We blame the "R's", we blame the capitalists, we blame the Chamber, we blame the culture. Looking in the mirror, we are our own worst enemies, WHERE ARE OUR LEADERS!

  Posted to Do Unions Sometimes Behave Like Cults?

• • 17 Nov 09
  • 8:51 am

  Greg; you are way off base in comparing college educated to trust fund babies, you had better take another look. and while militant fighting is just and appropriate, how has it been working for the last three decades? Rich; I respectfully disagree on pushing a political culture, we have been pushing that for years to no avail. it's time we as union members stand up on our own two feet and quit riding on the coat tails of politicians. Attaching ourselves to a social movement is quite a different story however. As a full time organizer I can certainly say that …

  Posted to Unions Must Attract the Young and Hip—or Become Obsolete

• • 17 Nov 09
  • 4:52 pm

  Brother Rich; I'm confused, I cannot think of one labor leader who has not come up through the ranks. I'm not nitpicking but i am serious. I think we can all agree on one thing, we have a serious leadership problem. Did you know that after the great depression ended in '32 Unions grew at the astonishing rate of 160% between '33 and '38? I'm terribly afraid we are going to miss a golden opportunity to prove the value of our unions to the rest of the workers.

  Posted to Unions Must Attract the Young and Hip—or Become Obsolete