Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 2:49pm.
the international communications department might be frustrating and write a lot of the weak language SEIU uses lately, but this is a gross overstatement made above.
many of the statements local rank and file leaders and elected leaders read where written by those workers themselves.
do you think the 1199P member who talked about her daughter dying in iraq then asking folks to support US labor against the war had that written by the international communications staff? im not that cynical.
likewise, whatever is written for members by staff is part of the real world. as mentioned above, im sure brother borsos from california served a similar role as brother regan from ohio, prepping people to speak, etc. but workers have agency and free will and they can say whatever they want from those podiums despite labor notes blogs that made it sound like robots interacting.
the international communications department might be frustrating and write a lot of the weak language SEIU uses lately, but this is a gross overstatement made above.
many of the statements local rank and file leaders and elected leaders read where written by those workers themselves.
do you think the 1199P member who talked about her daughter dying in iraq then asking folks to support US labor against the war had that written by the international communications staff? im not that cynical.
likewise, whatever is written for members by staff is part of the real world. as mentioned above, im sure brother borsos from california served a similar role as brother regan from ohio, prepping people to speak, etc. but workers have agency and free will and they can say whatever they want from those podiums despite labor notes blogs that made it sound like robots interacting.