From: Jim Devine
it began much earlier, with the steady effort (starting in the 1950s)by employers to avoid union contracts by moving to the U.S. South and to reinterpret contracts in their favor where possible. ^^^ CB: You can pick any starting point you want as long as you pick a time when a Democrat is President. ^^^^ For a long time, labor counteracted these efforts... but the union leadership decided to sit on their laurels rather than to build up their strength. When labor was strong, it could have influence on DP politicians such as LBJ (though they had to support the Cold War, sometimes pushing it further than the US gov't did). ^^^ CB: No, you don't get it. Never say anything implying a Democrat does any thing good. You are missing Lou's point.
