Will Trumka Make Labor “Relevant Again”?
Monday, October 5th, 2009 by AdminStephen F. Diamond writes a how-to guide for new AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka on making the AFL-CIO “relevant again.” It’s worth a read to look at where Big Labor has come from, where it is, and where it could go.
This is what caught our eye, though. Diamond opines Trumka:
must rally solid support in America for democratic rights and better pay and working conditions for the billion or so workers who now have joined America in the global economy, in countries such as China, Mexico, Turkey and Vietnam.
Perhaps starting with more democratic rights for workers in the United States would be a better place to start. That would include scrapping the Employee Free Choice Act, but that’s unlikely as the misnamed bill is Labor’s top policy priority.
So it goes …
October 5th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Joseph says:I doubt he will change his position on card check. After all he is a guy that condoned the murder of a mine worker when he crossed a picket line so he could support his family.
Never believe that he cares about you or me or anyone else but the union and the billions of union dues that are collected from workers every year.
The arguement that card check does not take the right to a secret ballot away is also bogus because no where in the legislation is there a mechanism to exersize a secret ballot vote once 50% plus 1 signatures are secured on an index card.