Re: P-9 and meatpacking deunionization (was: The raids against immigrant workers)
On Dec 19, 2006, at 2:30 PM, Jim Straub wrote:
However, the narrative around meatpacking and the Austin Hormel
strike has been just as inadequate in understanding what
happened. The labor-left in general, instead of articulating a
strategic understanding of the things that were happening in many
of these industries that could be applied to a successful
rebuilding strategy,
Something similar’s going on in auto now. You hear Labor Notes people
complain about the lack of leadership & militancy coming from the
UAW, but GM & Ford are pretty fucked, and they never really
acknowledge that. So, comrade, what is to be done there?
Doug