Alter (Newsweek) indicates forthcoming major union endorsements for Dean

[pruner]

Is Labor Dying, Or Being Born?

President Bush’s reward-the-rich ethos is creating class consciousness among working people for the first time in years

NEWSWEEK

Nov. 24 issue —  There’s this guy you should know. His name is Andy Stern and he runs the largest and fastest-growing labor union in the United States. If this were 25 or 50 or 100 years ago, you would surely recognize a labor chieftain like Stern, but today you probably do not. Only two major news organizations—The New York Times and the AP—have full-time labor reporters, and two others have part-time coverage. For the media, labor is an afterthought—a dying animal.

WITH ONLY 8.2 PERCENT of the private-sector work force still enrolled in unions, why bother to keep track of a bright former social worker like Andy Stern? Two reasons. First, his union, the 1.6 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), jolted the political world last week by joining with the biggest union of government workers (AFSCME) to endorse Howard Dean. (The communication workers’ and teachers’ unions will soon follow.) This may be seen in retrospect as a key moment in the Democratic contest and perhaps even the fall campaign. Second, Stern’s approach—clean, idealistic, grass-roots organizing to bring in new members and voters—may be the only hope for saving not just the Democratic Party but the American labor movement.

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http://msnbc.com/news/994165.asp?0cv=CB20

[Eloriel]

1. YeeHAAAA!!!

Labor Resurgent!

Grassroots Democracy Resurgent!

We WILL Take Back Our Country!

And not a minute too soon.

Eloriel

[quaker bill]

7. It is getting more likely every day.

500,000+ registered supporters. The trend is in the right direction.

[bluestateguy]

2. What will the Teamsters do?

Hoffa had been sucking up to * a lot, until the overtime rules fiasco. They won't endorse *, but it's not good if they stay neutral.

[pruner]

3. I thought they already endorsed Gephardt

am I wrong?

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. Not that I had heard of . All the Mega Unions seem to be holding

back. :shrug:

[AnnabelLee]

5. The Teamsters did endorse Gephardt

in August.
http://www.teamster.org/03news/nr_030808_1.htm

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. Thanks, I must have missed that...

and me living here in Detroit and all. Shame on me. ;)