Comments on: Labour divided http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/19/labour-divided/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/19/labour-divided/comment-page-1/#comment-112395 David Fri, 21 Oct 2005 04:26:32 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/19/labour-divided/#comment-112395 Slocum: no danger, eh? You apparently feel more confident about the future status of the government's "pension obligations" than some of us. Slocum: no danger, eh? You apparently feel more confident about the future status of the government’s “pension obligations” than some of us.

]]> By: Slocum http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/19/labour-divided/comment-page-1/#comment-111942 Slocum Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:47:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/19/labour-divided/#comment-111942 <i>Labor has been marginalized by lowered membership.</i> <i>Private sector</i> unions may have been marginalized, but public sector unions (teacher's unions in particular) have not declined and are an important core constituency of the Democratic Party. It's notable that public and private sector unions care about different things. For example teacher's unions don't care about globalization nor is there any danger their employers will go into chapter 11 and dump their pension obligations. Labor has been marginalized by lowered membership.

Private sector unions may have been marginalized, but public sector unions (teacher’s unions in particular) have not declined and are an important core constituency of the Democratic Party. It’s notable that public and private sector unions care about different things. For example teacher’s unions don’t care about globalization nor is there any danger their employers will go into chapter 11 and dump their pension obligations.

]]> By: RedWolf http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/19/labour-divided/comment-page-1/#comment-111924 RedWolf Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:01:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/19/labour-divided/#comment-111924 The meager comments to this post demonstrate the problem of the labor unions and, therefore, the drawbacks of the article linked to it. Labor has been marginalized by lowered membership. As a result, Democrats move away from bread and butter issues towards the center becoming more supportive of the employers (whose money they take). Kerry run as a centrist and you couldn't see daylight between him and the talk about "compassionate conservatives" that are now killing the labor people (i.e. foot soldiers, very few officers die in Iraq) that serve in the military. Showing the claims of each side fails to emphasize the tilting of a sinking ship that is labor or Democrats or the US. The meager comments to this post demonstrate the problem of the labor unions and, therefore, the drawbacks of the article linked to it.

Labor has been marginalized by lowered membership. As a result, Democrats move away from bread and butter issues towards the center becoming more supportive of the employers (whose money they take). Kerry run as a centrist and you couldn’t see daylight between him and the talk about “compassionate conservatives” that are now killing the labor people (i.e. foot soldiers, very few officers die in Iraq) that serve in the military.

Showing the claims of each side fails to emphasize the tilting of a sinking ship that is labor or Democrats or the US.

]]> By: Susan http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/19/labour-divided/comment-page-1/#comment-111789 Susan Thu, 20 Oct 2005 03:52:43 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/19/labour-divided/#comment-111789 perhaps the problem with the US labor movement, is the lack of "u" perhaps the problem with the US labor movement, is the lack of “u”

]]> By: harry b http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/19/labour-divided/comment-page-1/#comment-111766 harry b Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:05:07 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/19/labour-divided/#comment-111766 Nothing like a bit of cultural imperialism. Nothing like a bit of cultural imperialism.

]]> By: anno-nymous http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/19/labour-divided/comment-page-1/#comment-111765 anno-nymous Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:02:35 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/19/labour-divided/#comment-111765 In the US, I believe, we call it the "Labor" movement. In the US, I believe, we call it the “Labor” movement.

]]> By: lemuel pitkin http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/19/labour-divided/comment-page-1/#comment-111625 lemuel pitkin Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:36:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/19/labour-divided/#comment-111625 He does indeed. Excellent article -- thanks for pointing it out. He does indeed. Excellent article—thanks for pointing it out.

]]> By: Richard http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/19/labour-divided/comment-page-1/#comment-111589 Richard Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:12:02 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/10/19/labour-divided/#comment-111589 Say it loud and say it proud: McNeill rocks!!! Say it loud and say it proud: McNeill rocks

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