HERE, UNITE workers' unions to merge (500,000+ combined members)

[mobuto]

By LEIGH STROPE
The Associated Press
2/25/2004, 9:56 p.m. ET


WASHINGTON (AP) — Two unions representing hotel and restaurant employees and retail, textile and laundry workers are merging to create a single labor organization with more than 500,000 members.

The Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees, called HERE, and the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, known as UNITE, are scheduled to announce the merger Thursday, several union sources said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

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[bushisanidiot]

1. Power to the People!!!

most excellent news!

[rocktivity]

2. UNITE HERE.

Has a nice ring to it. Maybe all the unions should merge.

:headbang:
rocknation

[mobuto]

3. But there's a little problem

UNITE has endorsed Edwards, while HERE is leaning towards Kerry (having previously shot themselves in the foot by endorsing Dean).

Whatever shall be done?

[stepnw1f]

4. Merging is fine but,..

they should be careful not to become a singular target for their opposition.

[nolabels]

5. You mean like * ?

I don't look to my workers union leaders to figure out who to support, mostly unions only give you as much representation as you pay them for in your dues.

Unions are fine to reign in inhumane working conditions or corrupt employers, but for raising Hell with a government that can make laws at their own fiat, You need a contract with the people(Constitution) and a movement of the people.

The business interests have done a end around the people who are part of this country, they have stolen our government and the Constitution. Stating that they have taken it away from the rest of us, fair and square.

They say it was written for them, the business interests, but they lie.

They have even erected an elaborate system (brain washing mass media) to keep them lies fed to the masses on a regular basis.

Dreaming of the biggest Union there could be, a PEOPLES UNION, to take back the government, to make it once again of and FOR THE PEOPLE