The Right Attitude

There are not enough blogs that write about unions regularly. I'll try to aggregate some things I look at here. If you have any news worth passing along - feel free to put it in the comments and I can try to highlight it.

I ran across this President's message from Bob Owens, President of Local 562 of the TWU, which represents American Airlines mechanics.

As we celebrate and remember the life of Dr. Martin Lutehr King let us remember that his struggle was for equal rights and dignity for all people. When Dr. King was murdered he was in Memphis Tennessee to support striking garbage workers. As workers we must remember that the things that we have lost and the things we are in danger of losing weren't just given to workers, they were fought for, and we must fight to regain what has been lost and keep what we have.

Ending with this:

[R]ollng over and just accepting what the company wants to impose upon us will not make us any safer than fighting back. . . . if you don't start getting used to the idea that we have to be prepared to fight back then you had better get used to the idea that they will take what little is left.

Amen. There is plenty for working people to be angry about but how often does, say, cable news show it focused on corporations?

Huh. I wonder why that is.