In Fight Over Law Securing Workers' Right to Organize, Corporations Bill Themselves as Underdogs

By David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. Posted September 5, 2008.

Corporate honchos and bought-off lawmakers are trying to kill a proposal that makes it easier to join a union.

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David Sirota is a best-selling author whose newest book, "The Uprising," was just released this month. He is a fellow at the Campaign for America's Future and a board member of the Progressive States Network -- both nonpartisan organizations. His blog is at www.credoaction.com/sirota.

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What Exactly Is the Definition of Underdog? [Report this comment] Posted by: ranchero42 on Sep 5, 2008 9:09 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Would that be somebody who closes up shop, moves the whole operation overseas, provides the same product or service at comparatively nonexistent overhead? To me, that sounds like somebody who is begging for a law (protectionism) that is the inverse of one of WalMart's notorious tax gambits: moratorium on any business activity with any citizen or corporate citizen of the United States. (Strict interpretation only, offices in Dubai, Liberia et cetera very bad move, too). See there "John Boy" Walton, you teach us how to fuck you right back. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Then There Are Southern Democrats [Report this comment] Posted by: NoPCZone on Sep 7, 2008 8:33 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Anti-Union, just about all of them. The prime pollutant of American life, the region is filled with unskilled whites with low wage jobs living in trailers that fancy themselves Republicans. They wouldn't join a union if it would save their souls. They would also cross a picket line without as much as a thought. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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