Re: unions good? unions bad?
Rick Coronado (mailto:riccawu@MNSI.NET)
Sun, 1 Sep 1996 09:59:10 -0400
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Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 09:59:10 -0400
From: Rick Coronado <mailto:riccawu@MNSI.NET>
Subject: Re: unions good? unions bad?
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>Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 23:08:17 -0400 (EDT)
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>To: Rick Coronado <mailto:riccawu@MNSi.Net>
>From: "Arthur P. Rodriguez" <mailto:artrod@postoffice.ptd.net>
>Subject: Re: unions good? unions bad?
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>At 10:08 PM 8/31/96 -0400, you wrote:
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>>>Your experience with Unions sounds typical for the US. Of course the Govt.
>>and big business have had nothing to do with it eh? Unions are only as good
>>as those who want to fight for them. Look at the fight for a democratic
>>teamsters going on now. Don't paint all unions the same - in Canada we have
>>mostly been able to avoid your delima. Only we wish you in the US would get
>>your union act together again. No progress without unions! no social
>>change without unions. Thanks to your red baiting in the 50's and 60's we
>>have all suffered since. This is why Canadian unions need to be autonomous
>>and separate from US corruption.
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>
> I asume this is private email you sent me since it did not go to the list.I
>wonder why you don't want your opinion seen by the list?
>
> I agree that unions are only as good as the people who belong to them and
>the leaders they elect to run them. I personaly would love to see the US
>unions clean up their act & regain public respect & trust so that they can
>do their job to improve the lives of the working class.
>
> As far as Canadian unions go, I have no bassis to form an opinion from but
>I think I detect a bit of that Canadian supiriority here:-).
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