WizardMarks, Central
Robert W Wood wrote:
I agree that there are a substantive number of unionized workers that
support the Republicans. I think that this frequently has to do with
issues surrounding choice and around guns. In fact, HERE Local 17
supported Coleman strategically in his last election for mayor (not for
above mentioned reasons). There is also more ideological diversity within
labor than often admitted (aka IUE doesn' quite equal say the Carpenters'
Union) However, I do have to say that the moment that you start arguing
for open shops is the moment you're pretty much anti-union. I suggest you
look to the south to see the impact that open shops have had on unions and
the level of workers' power. Mr. Atherton took a shot a the fairshare
concept. I guess I have to disagree with him. The truth of the matter is
that fairshare employees benefit greatly from union representation at the
barganing table and at the steward level, both of these occur because of
union funding, and it seems unfair that people should get the benefits of
these exclusively at the expense of members. On the other hand, I am an
organizer for AFSCME 3937 at the university, so you know I have a stake in
the process.
robert wood
St Paul resident (Merriam Park)
ps before you think that I am too rah-rah union, I think that unions far
too often operate on the level of representative organizations, when in
fact they should be constitutive organizations.
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