The bigger the union the broader tended to be their issue advocacy, as far as legislation goes. It's still true, I think, though the unions
are smaller today. The UAW was for instance important in the civil rights movement. As far as their contract winnings, they helped set a standard for the rest of the labor movement and generated pressure on other employers to conform. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: raghu > Sent: 06/17/08 05:05 pm > To: Progressive Economics > Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Naomi Klein: Beware of Obama's Chicago School > ofEconomicsboys > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Carrol Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Don't pick out some special group, whether GM workers, teachers, or > > street sweepers, in advance. You are just generating "oughts" out of > > your own head rather than examining how social movements actually work. > > > > > What did the UAW ever do for the larger worker's movement in the world > in their Golden Age in the 1950-60's (apart from negotiating good > pensions/benefits for themselves)? > -raghu. > > -- > "I used to do drugs. > I still do drugs. But I used to, too." > - Mitch Hedberg > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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