Posted on 09/11/2001 12:52:09 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:46:36 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The United Steelworkers of America this year hit on a novel strategy to convince the Bush administration to open the way for curbs on imported steel: make itself politically indispensable to the new Republican president.
Despite the strong free-trade stance of the White House, the steelworkers union this year managed to win White House support for its cause by working the issue at the grass roots, and by playing a savvy Washington game.
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