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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 11:56 AM
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If you think the Labor Movement is dead, think again...
We just had a gigantic protest march here in Philly, down 16th Street, hung a right onto chestnut and from there, probably city Hall.

Thousands of folks participating with fancy signs and banners unfurled.

Prodigious...
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Kelly Rupert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 11:58 AM
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1. Oh, it isn't dead. It's dying, though.
I'll wait until a year in which labor membership as a percentage of the workforce doesn't decline to say otherwise.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 12:01 PM
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3. Agreed but
asymptotically approaching a limit under which it won't fall.
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 12:01 PM
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2. I think when harder times come Labor increases
Awesome work PC Intern :woohoo:

6000 childcareworkers are unionizing
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 12:07 PM
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4. much needed
who else racks up 30,000 in student loans for a minimum-wage job?
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 12:10 PM
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5. Good to hear, thanks for the report!...n/t
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 12:17 PM
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6. I swear I read "hung a right winger onto a chestnut." -nt
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 12:43 PM
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7. LOL...
:rofl:

As I get older, I find that this is happening to me more and more...
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