This shows the AFL-CIOs predictable dedication to unprogressive
candidates. It is hard to have sympathy for labor - or at least its
dead-head bosses - with such mindless lock-step endorsements.
Does endorsing Belton mean endorsing out-of-control cops? That's how I see
it. Presumably the AFL-CIO has some cheap way of ducking responsibility
for this and all similar compromises with justice.
I find these policies little better than those of the amoral corporations.
It makes unions look bad. Maybe they don't care.
--David Shove
On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, List Manager wrote:
> The Strib's Rochelle Olson notes this a.m. that the AFL-CIO endorsed Sharon
> Sayles Belton yesterday (Happy Valentine's Day!), along with incumbents Joan
> Campbell (2nd Ward), Barb Johnson (4th), Jackie Cherryhomes (5th), and Sandy
> Colvin Roy (12th).
>
> I noticed no union endorsements for any of the open wards, especially 6, 9,
> and 10. Does anyone know when the AFL-CIO will endorse in those races? Will
> it happen before the DFL ward conventions?
>
> David Brauer
> List manager
>
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