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Labor and the media | The Bellman
"Brad Plumer's analysis of the forces that make labor coverage in the media so uniformly awful."
Raiding and solidarity | The Bellman
"For example:
A former airline mechanic himself, Delle-Femine formed his union in the early 1960s on the notion of how indispensable such mechanics were. He believed the workers could be better represented in their own union rather than in larger unions covering multiple industries. So he raided existing airline unions for mechanics, including most machinists' union members from Northwest in 1998.
Until now, he has largely succeeded with his no-concession stance. In 2001, prior to 9/11, he negotiated the highest-paid contract in the industry for those workers."
The feeble strength of one | The Bellman
"AMFA only exists because Delle-Femine decided to raid the IAM, so there's no question but that Roach comes by his anger honestly. It's pretty obvious, though, that nobody earning an hourly wage is being helped by this squabble.
I'm not prepared to say that IAM ought be big about it and let bygones be bygones -- I'm just not close enough to the dispute to have an informed opinion on the matter. At the same time, it seems to me that the labor movement badly needs to figure out how to put past disputes into the past" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Brad Plumer's analysis of the forces that make labor coverage in the media so uniformly awful."
Raiding and solidarity | The Bellman
"For example:
A former airline mechanic himself, Delle-Femine formed his union in the early 1960s on the notion of how indispensable such mechanics were. He believed the workers could be better represented in their own union rather than in larger unions covering multiple industries. So he raided existing airline unions for mechanics, including most machinists' union members from Northwest in 1998.
Until now, he has largely succeeded with his no-concession stance. In 2001, prior to 9/11, he negotiated the highest-paid contract in the industry for those workers."
The feeble strength of one | The Bellman
"AMFA only exists because Delle-Femine decided to raid the IAM, so there's no question but that Roach comes by his anger honestly. It's pretty obvious, though, that nobody earning an hourly wage is being helped by this squabble.
I'm not prepared to say that IAM ought be big about it and let bygones be bygones -- I'm just not close enough to the dispute to have an informed opinion on the matter. At the same time, it seems to me that the labor movement badly needs to figure out how to put past disputes into the past" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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