> "I'm not trying to tar the whole ... event" Then what's your point in bringing it up? You could say the same of any political group. > "They got a big-time

> "I'm not trying to tar the whole ... event" Then what's your point in bringing it up? You could say the same of any political group. > "They got a big-time sweetheart deal" I don't think that's a fair characterization, but it's neither here nor there to my point. My point is that they bargained for what they got using collective bargaining power that many were trying to outright strip from them. And "temporary" was to refer to the point that without continuing political action they almost certainly would/will lose their bargaining power, making any current union deal more of a silver parachute for current membership as the union itself faded into history.