The last of the labor union giants; longtime sidekick to the great Walter Reuther.
Ultimately, for all the successes, the battles, the sweat and blood invested-- which I heard about at the feet of my auto worker father (went into the plants myself for awhile)-- the labor movement of the last century has to be judged an overall failure, in that the condition of working men, women, and children (see illegal sweatshops) in this country has returned to that of 100 years ago. Monopolies, now global, are more powerful than ever.
The big mistake: assuming a static universe.
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