In reply to David Walters: I did not exactly go up to Seattle to volunteer for the 15 minimum wage initiative. I went up there at that time to see what was going on and to try to meet people who were involved but had a critical mind. One of my main visits there involved participating in Sociallst Alternative's "15 Now" national conference. A major controversy was over the proposal to exempt unionized Seattle hotels from any $15/hour ordinance. That exemption was requested by HERE leadership, on behalf of the hotel owners, of course. Here is a video of what I had to say about it: https://youtu.be/AXgZGbrM7jI?si=8H3I-32h0Powg_dD Kshama Sawant spoke on behalf of Socialist Alternative. She spoke in favor of the proposal and it passed, of course. In the course of the campaign, S.Alt. did absolutely nothing to go to the membership of UFCW - the grocery clerks - to encourage them to organize and force their union leadership to back the campaign. In general, Sawant and S. Alt. were just the left cover for the union bureaucracy.
As for David Rolf, he may have been embarrassed after the fact about his role at SeaTac, but I don't think he changed in the slightest. Here is what he said at the time of that ordinance: "*We always want to offer an olive branch and a high road approach to employers of conscience who prefer to have direct and honest relations to unions that they are facing across the bargaining table.” * >From my article, SEIU Local 6: A fighting leadership is needed <https://oaklandsocialist.com/2014/10/14/seiu-local-6-a-fighting-union-is-needed/>. I would note that not a single socialist group in Seattle supported this insurgent movement in Local 6. John -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#42488): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/42488 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/120140354/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
