Re: Solidarity for Sale: UNITE’S Garment Gulag
Michael Hirsch wrote:
Whatever the weaknesses of Bob’s book, they are not the one’s you describe. Have you actually read it? Has anybody beside Yoshi (and me) read it? He claims to be writing an institutional history, one that does what neither lefties such as Boyer and Morais and Art Preis nor the cultural historians including David Montgomery do. He argues that the structure of clientalism (or fiefdoms) dooms our unions. Argue with that, but at least get his argument right. Can we have a moratorium on Fitch baiting until everyone has actually read the book? You wouldn’t opine on a movie you hadn’t seen. Go the extra yard and read this one.
Nathan’s supposed to be reading it for a radio debate with Bob sometime in the next few weeks. I hope he doesn’t chicken out!
Doug