In organizing itself I see a tremendous increase in the reinventing of the labor movement as the heir of the civil rights movement. I think it's the recasting of the labor movement in a way that I haven't seen in many years.
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Quite bluntly, to an auto worker at General Motors or an airline worker facing demands for concessions, this doesn't mean a hell of a lot, ... Their concern is 'can my union deliver at the bargaining table' I can't think of any union that would really be hurt at the bargaining table.Gary Chaison
I think it (the AFL-CIO) will survive as long as it has key unions still in it like Steelworkers and Auto Workers and especially the Communication Workers, ... But it's going to be a loss for the AFL-CIO in terms of income. It's not going to be effective in terms of political activity for quite a while.
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They are trying to do an end-run around the union and go directly to the membership, ... They believe that what they're doing is acceptable to the membership, but not to the leadership.
Gary Chaison
They don't want to ruin a good thing, but at the same time, they don't want to lose a good thing.
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Traditionalists didn't see any reason for it and saw it as a challenge to real collective bargaining. Over the years there has been a rethinking of this idea.
Gary Chaison
This is payback time for AMFA. That's the way the labor movement is looking at it, ... Raiding is a sin, and they believe AMFA raided and won by saying it would never accept concessions. It'll be much easier for other unions to tell members that they must accept concessions if AMFA was killed for not doing it.
Gary Chaison
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