Re: Union top Dennis Rivera: “No one throws a party
On Sep 26, 2006, at 10:43 AM, Jim Straub wrote:
I find it very telling that this article (clearly an anti-union
hack job, full of ‘facts’ from the ‘center for union facts’, bob
fitch’s favorite boss front group to smash unions)
Like it or not, it’s all true. Unions tops earn a lot of money, and
treat themselves to nice expense account junkets. It’s exactly that
kind of thing that makes Americans cynical about organized labor.
According to Gallup, just 24% of the US public has “a great deal” or
“quite a lot” of confidence in unions - half as many as banks, well
below TV news and newspapers, and just above Congress.
And let’s not get carried away romanticizing Dennis & 1199. They’ve
done some good stuff, but lately it seems he’s mostly been cutting
deals with Gov Pataki and purging internal dissidents.
Doug