[identity profile] futurebird.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] talkpolitics
Will the protests further stoke the resentment many harbor for public worker's unions? Or will the backlash in reaction to Republican attempts to throttle organized labor be the bigger impact of these events? What about people like me, people who have criticisms of some aspects of public unions but generally support the idea that public workers should have decent wages and pensions? (Really all people should have the opportunity to work for those things.) Are these events making "nuanced" positions invisible?

I mean... I'm ticked off enough to start sticking SOLIDARITY stickers all over my face. (Will that help?) yet, I don't feel this accurately represents my views on the essential, yet easily corruptible role of unions in this country. *sigh*

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Date: 24/2/11 15:32 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nevermind6794.livejournal.com
Well, you have to pay dues to a union.

"It don't come easy"

Date: 24/2/11 15:55 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] russj.livejournal.com
"Got to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues,
And you know it don't come easy."

--Ringo Starr

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