The labor center was singled out by Arnold for extinction, although the Dems made him fund the certer. The construction industry is especially hostile to the center.
On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 08:07:07PM -0700, Devine, James wrote: > >Wal-Mart questioned the validity of the report, saying the authors > undervalued the wages and benefits the chain's employees receive. > The UC report comes from the Berkeley Labor Center, an institute that is > openly supportive of union causes. Although its researchers have in the past > accepted funding from the grocery workers' union to conduct studies, this > report was not funded by labor, its authors said.< > > "_openly_ supportive of union causes"? do they ever say "openly > supportive of corporate causes"? is Labor is such bad shape that > it's a market of shame to support it? > > Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine > > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
