Labor
Ten Reasons Why Protecting Unions Is a Life and Death Issue
by Eric Mann
Reason #8 Union meetings are rough and tumble but a real exciting place to go. Some local unions are run by a clique but the members have the right to vote them out. Some union meetings are run top down but the workers have the right to yell out their ideas and get the floor. Some local unions—like the one I was in, UAW Local 645 in Van Nuys California—were hotbeds of political discussion where...
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