Posted by Dave on 04/08/09 at 10:51:25 am
Categories: Labor

Woh... this is really, really big - Unifying Unions:

Today, the American labor movement proclaimed its intention to come back together -- helped, of course, by the fact that Democrats now control both Congress and the White House and are bent on enacting universal health insurance and, perhaps, some legislation that would make it easier for workers to join unions. After meetings in Maryland this week, the presidents of the two federations and of the nation's 12 largest unions -- including the National Education Association, which heretofore has not belonged to any labor federation -- announced the formation of the National Labor Coordinating Committee, an interim body that could pave the way for labor's reunification by forming a new federation with roughly 16 million members.

This could be the best thing that has happened to the labor movement in decades.

Of course, it could also turn into a complete and utter nightmare.

Either way, it is huge news.

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