[staytrue]

"Today will be remembered as a rebirth of union strength in America,"

I agree with this statement. First, competition always makes you better. Now there are two coalitions competing.

Second, the old union agenda was driven by the public employees union which always wanted more taxes (more money to pay public employees) and more govt. programs (more public employees to be in the union).

Problem is, more taxes and more govt. regulations tend to kill private sector jobs which is really bad for unions working in the private sector.

Unions that work for the private sector employee may have a shot at growing and even being beneficial.

The current union movement is aimed at only 1 goal, more public sector employees and higher public sector pay.

[goldstategop]

Yep. The exact reverse of what the labor movement needs to do to grow and thrive. Workers need organization to represent them on the job in dealings with employers and to have their working conditions and pay spelled out and to have a grievance procedure where they get a fair hearing before the employer can discipline or fire the employee. Private sector unions did a good job of bringing fairness to the marketplace - and in helping the middle expand by giving everyone a ticket up the ladder to the American Dream. In contrast, public sector unions extort from the economy and diminish our overall freedoms. The AFL-CIO leadership has no interest in bolstering private sector unions. It would erode their base of captive government employees. To talk about reform by ignoring the obvious is putting the horse before the cart.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[bill1952]

The current union movement is aimed at only 1 goal, more public sector employees and higher public sector pay.

If you believe that, I've got land in Florida to sell you.

More public sector employment creation is not fostered by the Democrat mantra of higher taxes on what they call the "rich,"and clamping down on "greedy" business, and that is the party that they overwhelmingly support, with their time and their member's money.

Why do you think that all the major cities are hard core blue?