Posted on 07/10/2009 6:57:16 AM PDT by AIM Freeper
At a time when unions are rising high politically they are straining under the weight of internal bickering.
From the New York Times
With their allies controlling the White House and Congress, the nations labor unions should be making hay. Instead many unions are making war largely with one another in the biggest, nastiest surge of labor fratricide in decades.
With some union leaders condemning other leaders as dictators and Darth Vaders, business leaders are smiling. Every million spent by unions to bash one another depletes their coffers for battling corporate America and Republican political candidates.
The other side doesnt have to take any shots at us, said Amy B. Dean, a longtime union leader and an author of a new book on reinvigorating organized labor. Were killing ourselves.
Many union officials acknowledge that the infighting is undercutting two of labors biggest objectives: having Congress enact pro-union legislation and organizing millions more workers to reverse labors long decline.
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