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radman wrote:
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> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:07:52 -0700
> From: Michael Pugliese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Fwd: Look for the Union Label
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> radman, nurev at CTRL needs to update that list of CFR members in the
> "labor lieutenants of capital" list. By my memory the following on that list
> have been dead or retired for more than a few years. I.W. Abel, Sol Chaiken,
> Vic Gotbaum,
> Lane Kirkland, Jerry Wurf and Al Shanker.
In the intro to the list, I state clearly that these are " past and recent "
examples.
These clowns were the post WWII Labor elite when the dust settled. They all
lasted a very long time. The decline of American Unions happened because of
their compromises and personal sellout to the corporations. It was on THEIR
WATCH that American workers lost their collective power to kick corporations
where it hurts. Right in the profits. They became an integral part of the
American big business scene albeit on the Left. They were encouraged and
supported by America's capitalist political and business elites for the
following 2 reasons...
1) Unlike the pre-WWII unions, they did not want to do away with Capitalism.
2) They served as buffers between corporations and their workers. Just as
the FDA, FCC, NLRB, and other " regulatory " agencies protect the companies
from the citizens, the unions' purpose was to protect the corporate system
from being overthrown from the work floor.
Today's Union leaders are irrelevant, because unions are irrelevant.
Joshua2
LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL -- In South Korea, France, Israel, Russia,
Germany, and everywhere that Corporate Politicians are attempting to
cut into, and weaken the rights of Labor, Unions and their supportive
populations are in the streets and ready to fight against the erosion
of their standard of living. Conspicuous by their non-action are the
beaten working people of the United States. Here's why.....
FOXES IN THE HENHOUSE ,UNION BOSSES IN THE CFR -- ( past and recent )
I.W.Abel - Pres. United Steel Workers of America also TC
Sol Chick Chaiken - Pres. I.L.G.U. also TC
Thomas R. Donahue - Sec./ Treasurer AFL-CIO also TC
Murray H. Finley - Pres. Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers
Victor Gotbaum - A.F.S.C.M.E.
Lane Kirkland - Longtime President AFL-CIO also TC
Howard D. Samuel - Pres. Industrial Union Dept. AFL-CIO
Marten J. Ward - Plumbers and Pipe Fitting Industry USA & Canada
Glen E. Watts - Pres. Communication Workers of America also TC
Leonard Woodcock (wishful thinking)-Pres. United Auto Workers also TC
Jerry Wurf - Pres. A.F.S.C.M.E.
Jay Mazur, International Ladies' Garment Workers Union also TC
Jack Sheinkman, Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union
Albert Shanker, Pres., American Federation Of Teachers also TC
Look at what has happened to most of these unions since the ruling
business elites got their Neo-Liberal policies established. There is
NO ONE in American politics to represent working people.
--J2--
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> Favorite Shanker quote, from David
> Moberg story in In These Times during the Contra-Aid years, "If I was a
> Nicaraguan, I'd be a Contra!" Said during an AFL-CIO convention debate over
> a resolution challenging the AIFLD/SDUSA line.
> BTW, the ex-Maoist neo-con, Robert Leiken, has a book coming out soon on
> the Sandanistas and the US intelligentsia.
> Watch Paul Berman, Ron Radosh, Cockburn and Chomsky and Horowitz tear into
> each again.
> Michael Pugliese
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