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Does Andy Stern Talk His Walk?

High-profile victories by SEIU often run counter to its president’s rhetoric about the ‘power of persuasion’

By David Moberg

Janitors in Houston’s office buildings, mainly recent Latino immigrants, had special reasons for thanks this past Thanksgiving. They had just won their first contract, which will nearly double their income over two years—now as little as $20 a day. But it took a month-long strike—backed by global protests, picket lines in other cities, civil disobedience in the face of police… return to article

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    “Stern grew up in a middle-class, professional family, which he ruefully acknowledges does not provide him the traditional blue-collar credentials of union leaders.”

    If he really wants the genuine blue collar experience, i recommend that he live on the average wage of the people he is organizing. But this is about as likely as Rummy joining the Army to go fight in Iraq.

    United States Posted by wolf on Jan 5, 2007 at 9:23 AM

    I’m not sure how seriously to take this critique with ads for two union busting firms in the banner ad above it.

    Interestingly enough, both firms talk about “protecting” a corporation from “third party interference” in the form of a union.  What they don’t understand, the author doesn’t and Andy Stern and I do understand—Unions are not third parties, they are workers actings collectively to empower themselves.

    United States Posted by NancyJ on Jan 5, 2007 at 10:33 PM
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