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Labor's House continues to be divided

That continues to be the #1 issue in forming any strong labor opposition to trade and bank-centric finacial reform.

Obama was very clear to David Bonior last fall after the election was over -- he wanted to deal with a single labor entity.  There was some movement towards unity, but it stalled when the majority of unions balked at putting the SEIU leadership in place as leaders in a new federation or as the point in negotiations with the administration.

Then you have the Unite HERE split, CWA's internal divisions, the split from SEIU by United Healthcare Workers West and you have a very divided and somewhat chaotic labor movement.

That has to change if progress is to be made.  

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by: northcountry @ Wed May 20, 2009 at 10:41:11 AM CDT