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July 28, 2005
Rewarding Failure
Only days after two major unions left the AFL-CIO, the union re-elected John Sweeney as its president. I think Sweeney, by tying the unions so strongly to one political party, has done more to hurt organized labor than any recent figure.
Such a strategy would have worked if the Democrats had regained the White House or either house of Congress in the last few election cycles, but that has not happened, and labor has been shut out of the political process almost entirely.
Conservatives, instead of simply rejoicing over the union's troubles, should learn from Sweeney's mistakes. Organizations such as the Family Research Council should make note of how politically isolated organized labor has become and start reaching out to Democrats. After all, although it doesn't seem like it right now, the Republicans will not always be in power.
Posted by slublog at July 28, 2005 12:05 AM
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I think his re-election after such a split shows something to be seriously wrong within that organization. The groups that left made the right decision.
Posted by: Hal at July 28, 2005 09:55 AM