Re: SEIU membership
On Apr 3, 2007, at 2:49 PM, Mark Rickling wrote:
If by “traditional” you mean contested NLRB election, then you’re right. Also, homecare and childcare workers don’t fit the traditional white, male industrial worker demographic many have in mind when they think of the working class. I guess for some this means they’re not real workers, but I doubt anyone on this list would make that argument.
I most certainly would not make that argument, and I’d contemplate
throwing someone off the list for doing so. But the organizing
approach is completely different - it’s not about persuading scared
and/or skeptical workers and maneuvering around a hostile boss. It’s
about writing big checks to politicians and cashing in on those
contributions. There are only so many workers you can organize that way.
Doug