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HiPointDem

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63. i don't even know what smw is. if you want someone to read something, you should link it.

Thu Jun 7, 2012, 01:44 AM

Jun 2012

instead of acting archly superior.

the fact is that labor activity -- slowdowns, strikes, work stoppages -- took a huge dive after the 1970s; labor basically disarmed itself and preached concession and give-back.

what it got them was shut-down plants, declining union membership, and the perception even among members that the leadership were bought leeches.

that history should be instructive.

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Ask Stoller abelenkpe Jun 2012 #7

What needs to be done for unions to regain their effectiveness? Scootaloo Jun 2012 #16

meeting their needs is precisely the point. they haven't been. that's not a fault of the union HiPointDem Jun 2012 #44

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Yes yes.... abelenkpe Jun 2012 #15

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I totally understand abelenkpe Jun 2012 #18

One thing. ananda Jun 2012 #12

Bummer abelenkpe Jun 2012 #37

cal is busy defunding pensions. HiPointDem Jun 2012 #45

ugh that should be illegal! nt abelenkpe Jun 2012 #48

Stoller's an idiot. AverageJoe90 Jun 2012 #14

Yep :) nt abelenkpe Jun 2012 #49

Post removed Post removed Jun 2012 #52

Well, Rahm did give progressives the middle finger. HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #17

They should have struck. Counting on politicians is a fool's errand. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #19

Well, that's three minutes of my life I'll never get back GarroHorus Jun 2012 #20

Obama may have done many bad things, but accusing him coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #22

Actually Greenspan's Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2012 #29

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Thanks for the Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2012 #31

Beep-beep-beep, look out. Load of RW propaganda coming thru... FSogol Jun 2012 #23

I cannot tell you how often abelenkpe Jun 2012 #24

unions are beyond rescue. Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2012 #32

That's what I feared abelenkpe Jun 2012 #35

Unions have outlived their usefulness Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2012 #40

+1 HiPointDem Jun 2012 #46

General strike? Don't see it happening. n/t FSogol Jun 2012 #47

Nonsense WilliamPitt Jun 2012 #25

Outsourcing, coupled with Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2012 #26

That's quite a title Stoller has got going there Cali_Democrat Jun 2012 #33

It could have been worse. Liberal Veteran Jun 2012 #34

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While you were banned from Daily Kos for a good reason brentspeak Jun 2012 #53

The sentiment and language in the title of this OP is absolutely WRONG and total CRAP ! RBInMaine Jun 2012 #39

decreased strike activity HiPointDem Jun 2012 #42

Reagan? nt abelenkpe Jun 2012 #50

what? HiPointDem Jun 2012 #51

Was wondering if the decrease in strikes had anything to do with abelenkpe Jun 2012 #65

gotcha, yes, the timing is simultaneous. HiPointDem Jun 2012 #66

Tough to strike in front of closed, empty factories. People honk at you, call you homeless. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2012 #54

There were fewer of those 40 years ago when this trend began. Gee, maybe there's a HiPointDem Jun 2012 #56

Have you ever read the book "Who Stole My Cheese"? jtuck004 Jun 2012 #57

yes, it's another one of those books feeding people corporate-think disguised as self-help. HiPointDem Jun 2012 #59

Hey, whatever it takes to get people to pull their head out of their ass. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2012 #60

i say pull your head out to people who believe winning comes from the politics of concession & HiPointDem Jun 2012 #61

Read my post in SMW today? I'm guessing not. jtuck004 Jun 2012 #62

i don't even know what smw is. if you want someone to read something, you should link it. HiPointDem Jun 2012 #63

You're right. I arched and shouldn't have. I apologize. SMW is Stock Market Watch on DU, jtuck004 Jun 2012 #64

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Replacing good Dems like Howard Dean.. ananda Jun 2012 #58

+1000 nt abelenkpe Jun 2012 #67