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Are you absolutely confident of that assertion? The AFL-CIO and unions in general have been severely and structurally limited in their impact on industrial poli
by olefoo 17y ago
Are you absolutely confident of that assertion? The AFL-CIO and unions in general have been severely and structurally limited in their impact on industrial policy since the 1980's at least. The impacts of globalisation, deskilling, outsourcing, and the deliberate policy of deindustrialising the american economy have more to do with it.
Your comment comes off as somewhat Dickensian, blaming a man being savaged by thugs for not feeding the starving orphan at the curb.
- tc 17y agoI don't dismiss that there are other large forces at work; I simply mean that the AFL-CIO, through the policies they've promoted and their massive lobbying, has done as much as any one other person or group. And while the impact of private sector unions may have waned a bit after 1980, the growing impact of public employee unions has more than covered the difference.