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In reply to the discussion: Why all the "Left Anti-Unionism" after the Wisconsin defeat? [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)49. but the third way democrats are still the party leadership.
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The solution, I think, is to (a) define and be guided by our principled stances,
mcmurphy
Jun 2012
#10
""Our principled stances" vary from member to member, from voter to voter, from region to region."
mcmurphy
Jun 2012
#29
How shitty--you don't even know me and you're telling me what applies to me. Keep it up.
MADem
Jun 2012
#33
If every RW governor currently in office was caged by a Dem Senate, we'd be in great shape.
MADem
Jun 2012
#57
judged by their actions, i think we can say that the top leadership of the unions sold out a long
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#14
there weren't 7% in 1980. it's *because* the big unions (the company unions) didn't show any
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#28
it's not a random chart. it's a chart showing the sharp decline in labor actions after 1980.
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#47
anyone can see the url for graphics by right-clicking on them and selecting that option.
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#54
You're probably right--if a defunct organization is used as a poutrage justifier, it's all yack and
MADem
Jun 2012
#44
the proof is in the pudding. which is, unions are dead & have not acted as defenders of labor
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#55
Progressives invented the recall, so I'm not sure that is a completely fair criticism.
OrwellwasRight
Jun 2012
#9
What has arisen on the left which you misread as an anti labor sentiment is aimed at the leadership.
mcmurphy
Jun 2012
#32
The million people who signed the petition.... They are the winners. They stood up and were counted
midnight
Jun 2012
#46
White House official: 'Organized labor just flushed $10 million down the toilet'
midnight
Jun 2012
#22