If organized labor had followed the advice of Samuel Gompers and - TopicsExpress



          

If organized labor had followed the advice of Samuel Gompers and not wedded itself to one political party but held itself out to the highest bidder all these years, they likely wouldnt be in the unenviable position of being taken for granted by the Democrat party leadership. How much more will labor have to give up: wages are depressed by cheap immigrant workers (that same old song); citizens of this country are bumped out of the trades by that same immigrant labor, those same citizens being the core demographic that used to supply unions with membership; and now the hard won benefits that members have rightly earned are being eroded away by a political party which seems more interested in preserving the good old boy network and framing alliances with new partners than being loyal to those that got em to the dance. And people have wondered why I expressed disillusion with the direction organized labor has gone...
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 04:15:41 +0000

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