Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Can Labor Revive the American Dream?

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) Donate to DU
 
New Dawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-09 01:13 AM
Original message
Can Labor Revive the American Dream?
This is a must read article: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/13-7

BTW, here is some more info about the Employee Free Choice Act: http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/whatis.cfm
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-09 01:39 AM
Response to Original message
1. Wow
{snip, my bold}

"I get the sense that this is more important to them than even taxes or regulation," says the AFL-CIO's director of government affairs, Bill Samuels. "This is about power. And the business community is not going to give up power willingly." Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott said as much to a meeting with analysts in October. "We like driving the car," he told them, "and we're not going to give the steering wheel to anybody but us."


Fuck the Ruling Class!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
New Dawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-09 05:15 PM
Response to Original message
2. Afternoon kick.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-09 05:32 PM
Response to Original message
3. I believe these industrial barons are willing to use everything including murder to stop labor.
If they think they can kill labor once and for all by killing key individuals, someone somewhere in the business community will put a professional hitman on them to make the deaths look like suicides and accidents.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr 19th 2024, 08:40 PM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC