On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > As a counter-point to the letter from FDR, I'll go ahead an link you > to two speeches by Ronald Reagan highlighting his support of Unions > and, more specifically, Collective Bargaining. > > Here is Reagan's speech to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and > Joiners: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=44193 > > Choice quotes include: > > "Samuel Gompers believed with all his heart that if a worker was > properly and fairly paid for his work, he could provide for himself > without having to hold out this hand to a caseworker for > government-provided benefits. He was a champion of collective > bargaining. > > Collective bargaining in the years since has played a major role in > America's economic miracle. Unions represent some of the freest > institutions in this land. There are few finer examples of > participatory democracy to be found anywhere. Too often, discussion > about the labor movement concentrates on disputes, corruption, and > strikes. But while these things are headlines, there are thousands of > good agreements reached and put into practice every year without a > hitch." > > Reagan goes on to remind everyone that he was, in fact, head of a > Union, the Screen Actors Guild, and did a lot of collective bargaining > himself. > That's great, but I don't think FDR was talking about unions in private industry.....and it would appear that Reagan agrees with FDR's contempt for a strike in the public sector, since he fired the controllers in 81. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334888 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
