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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 ::
No Picnic By Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet
To reverse these trends, we will need real labor law reform that restores collective bargaining rights for American labor. But it will still be difficult to make up for 30 years of losses. So labor's best hope for the foreseeable future is probably going to be found in universal programs, such as health care, where workers are currently losing ground as employers cut back on benefits and increase employee co-payments. Most European workers have not only universal health insurance but four or five weeks of vacation a year, paid family leave and often subsidized child care as well. Their societies are no richer than ours; they just have different priorities.------------------------------------------- posted 5:54 AM :: reference link ::
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