Rose Meyer’s Rigorous Review of Modern Times and
Things That Need Radical Repair Right Now
On the election of 2002
It time for the Monday morning quarterbacks to reflect on the election of 2002 (those who wish to panic may stop reading this now). But, first we need to ask the four questions -no, not those asked at a Seder at Passover – still just as important.
WHAT HAPPENED? WHY DID IT HAPPEN? WHERE DID IT HAPPEN?
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
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Rose Meyer’s Rigorous Review of Modern Times and
Things That Need Radical Repair Right Now
RAMBLIN’ ROSE’S THOUGHTS
ABOUT UNION LABOR’S PRECARIOUS POSITION
IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM.
At the last CLUW Annual Dinner at which Margaret Blackshere was the keynote speaker, I greeted her with what I thought was a tongue-in-cheek remark: “At the way we’re heading we are going to fight for the 8-hour day and Child Labor Laws all over again.” Rather than a chuckle, she replied seriously: ” I think you’re right” and used my dire prediction in her speech. Think about it, instead of continuing to make new gains or even holding on to the gains previously made, in working conditions, wages, protections, and benefits, every day the newspaper headlines scream gloom and doom