On the patterns of Labor

[nadinbrzezinski]

well readying the historiography I came across a pretty amazing piece of evidence.

Think about this.

Until the 1990s very time we had rising boats the union movement tended to get stronger, et al. While very time we had a depression well they went down in popularity and lost some of the gains. This observation is in "Organized Labor in American History," published in 1920. That every time labor made gains there was an age of relative good times.

So I went, NAFTA broke that pattern. While the 1990s were an era of fast economic expansion labor lost a lot of ground. And the last stage in destroying it was laid in place.

So I was thinking... this is by far not a good time, not a good era. Perhaps we are at the turning point, when people will realize that in numbers there is a certain level of protection.

Of course as I write this the NEA is under massive attack, and outside of the Federal Government this is the largest union. It is no accident.

Now as they say, back to readying and getting that historiography down. I decided to move away from primary sources (for the moment) and go back to some of the secondary before going back to primary.

Oh and for those of you interested in the writing of history, Carlton comes from both the Scientific History and the Absolute Progress of humanity school... as well as well, I have to say it. American Exceptionalism school of history. Oh and if you are interested, the book is in Google Books.

[MichiganVote]

1. There IS a reason why the NEA exists folks. Treat people like shit, well you know...