[Pen-l] Summers finds (trade union) religion

[Robert Naiman <naiman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From the speech at Brookings:

"If we want to propel this economy forward [and] have a sound
expansion, it has to be an expansion whose benefits are more broadly
shared," he said. That involves tax policy and education, he said, but
also "goes to the question of having a healthy and well-functioning
trade union movement. . . . It is hard to avoid the conclusion that
the way in which our labor laws have functioned, and have been
enforced and been acted on over many years, have not been constructive
from the point of view of having a healthy trade union movement. And
an attempt to redress that balance seems to me something that is
appropriate at such a time."

Who knew?

Labor Union Bill Raises Broader Capitalism Issues
Economic Downturn Intensifies Rhetoric of Workers
Alec MacGillis, Washington Post, Sunday, March 15, 2009; Page A02
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/14/AR2009031401823.html

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