Michael P > In fact, one of the many objectives of the > privatization of Social Security was to make workers identify with the > objectives of capitalism.
Both OASI and employer pensions were also a victory of the working class -- at the same time that they largely ended the role of trade union-created pension funds, what had been a source of union strength. As MP notes, their establishment helped end or at least moderate overt class antagonism. The employer pension funds (and later defined-contribution plans) also involved union leaders as overseers, putting them deeper in the social networks dominated by capitalists. Guess who won any conflict of tugs on those leaders' hearts? Of course, you should hear the SEIU members I know talk about Andy Stern. He runs the SEIU like a corporation, including its expansion plans. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
