WASHINGTON -- Organized labor should help politicians who will advance labor's cause rather than simply supporting Democrats, says a union leader pushing for changes in the AFL-CIO.
"We can't just elect Democratic politicians and try to take back the House and take back the Senate and think that's going to change workers' lives," said Andrew Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union.
Now while not going out so far as to push for endorsing republicans... he is calling on things much worse (for the democrats)
The coalition wants the AFL-CIO to commit far more resources to organizing, reduce the size of the staff at central headquarters and encourage unions within certain industries to combine resources
Having the Unions focus more on ... getting people into unions
what a novel concept.
If this happens more wind in the short term (less then 10 years) will go out of the Democrats sails.
Longer term? It would mean I think in a stronger Labor movement and a chance to be a real help other then a defacto outsourcing of party power and activites
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