Comments on: Union Power in Iowa Elections? http://iowaunderground.com/blog/2006/02/22/union-power-in-iowa-elections/ spelunking the interweb since late 2005 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:39:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Union Power in Iowa Elections? by: How powerful is a union endorsement in Iowa? at Political Forecast http://iowaunderground.com/blog/2006/02/22/union-power-in-iowa-elections/#comment-178 Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:38:19 +0000 http://iowaunderground.com/blog/2006/02/22/union-power-in-iowa-elections/#comment-178 [...] But I think Sousy Hawk of the Iowa Underground Blog has a good post up on the politics and potential power that the labor movement and unions, particularly in Iowa, can offer. It seems fitting after Blouin received the backing of the state’s largest union, AFSCME, yesterday afternoon. David Yepsen offers some quick thoughts here, but I do hope the Register web editors learn to spell AFSCME right some day. [...]

[...] But I think Sousy Hawk of the Iowa Underground Blog has a good post up on the politics and potential power that the labor movement and unions, particularly in Iowa, can offer. It seems fitting after Blouin received the backing of the state’s largest union, AFSCME, yesterday afternoon. David Yepsen offers some quick thoughts here, but I do hope the Register web editors learn to spell AFSCME right some day. [...]

]]> Comment on Union Power in Iowa Elections? by: Drew Miller http://iowaunderground.com/blog/2006/02/22/union-power-in-iowa-elections/#comment-177 Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:27:03 +0000 http://iowaunderground.com/blog/2006/02/22/union-power-in-iowa-elections/#comment-177 I'd be skeptical of those statistics. 50k for example is pretty clearly more than a third of of 140k. "Covered" and "Members" are different things. The National Review isn't exactly a friend of unions.

I’d be skeptical of those statistics. 50k for example is pretty clearly more than a third of of 140k. “Covered” and “Members” are different things. The National Review isn’t exactly a friend of unions.

]]> Comment on Union Power in Iowa Elections? by: SousyHawk http://iowaunderground.com/blog/2006/02/22/union-power-in-iowa-elections/#comment-176 Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:15:48 +0000 http://iowaunderground.com/blog/2006/02/22/union-power-in-iowa-elections/#comment-176 Well, to a point. Iowa's Right to Work law has been in place since 1947, which didn't effect to a great degree the power of the industrial unions of the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s. For whatever reason, large scale union busting didn't catch on until the 1980s. IMO, the revitalization of private sector labor unions is vital to the future of this country. It baffles me to no extent to see employees get bounced from job to job, with a continued dumping of "corporate" risk onto the backs of employees - and people sit there and take it.

Well, to a point. Iowa’s Right to Work law has been in place since 1947, which didn’t effect to a great degree the power of the industrial unions of the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s. For whatever reason, large scale union busting didn’t catch on until the 1980s.

IMO, the revitalization of private sector labor unions is vital to the future of this country. It baffles me to no extent to see employees get bounced from job to job, with a continued dumping of “corporate” risk onto the backs of employees – and people sit there and take it.

]]> Comment on Union Power in Iowa Elections? by: Chris Woods http://iowaunderground.com/blog/2006/02/22/union-power-in-iowa-elections/#comment-175 Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:50:48 +0000 http://iowaunderground.com/blog/2006/02/22/union-power-in-iowa-elections/#comment-175 Great post, Sousy. A lot of the problems with low private sector union membership is Iowa's right-to-work laws. Repeal those, as Iowa Democrats support, and we can see union power grow once again in Iowa.

Great post, Sousy. A lot of the problems with low private sector union membership is Iowa’s right-to-work laws. Repeal those, as Iowa Democrats support, and we can see union power grow once again in Iowa.

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