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Dyedinthewoolliberal

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7. In my opinion

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2013, 06:06 PM

Mar 2013

the walls between labor organizations need to be removed (one union memember is as important as the other, no matter the work) and they (unions) need to band together financially, hire the best PR firm money can buy to counter the messages being put out there on how union workers are greedy and lazy...........

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Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO Chief, Reflects On Unions' Thinning Ranks, Calls For New Strategies [View all] Omaha Steve Mar 2013 OP

Republcians have been very successful in breaking unions WI_DEM Mar 2013 #1

United, we negotiate. Individually, we beg. mac56 Mar 2013 #2

Maybe Labor needs to organize a future in politics. Autumn Mar 2013 #3

Start to organize and they shut down and move to third world. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #4

sacrifice and doing wothout - stop buying everything you can leftyohiolib Mar 2013 #5

Unions are strong in Europe and they trade with the third world more than we do. pampango Mar 2013 #8

Europeans are much more progressive than we are and they don't have a Tparty. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #10

Actually, most European countries do have a version of the tea party, but pampango Mar 2013 #11

Organize down the supply chain. Starry Messenger Mar 2013 #12

They should go after "white collar jobs"... Xolodno Mar 2013 #6

In my opinion Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2013 #7

Labor movement in US took a wrong turn around 1900 99th_Monkey Mar 2013 #9

If you work for a living, you should belong to a union.... Proletariatprincess Mar 2013 #13