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Another headache for the "Fluffy" among us. 
Socialists may be losing control of the Unions.
They are in a panic over union leaders concessions to protect their own incomes, before the incomes of rank & file. There is just no honor among thieves anymore.
Quote from SocialistWorker.Org
"But Wisconsin union leaders saw Walker's attack on dues checkoff as a threat directed mainly at their own livelihoods--and they pushed workers to accept concessions in order to protect their own interests at the expense of the rank and file.
This may strike some as an exaggeration. But developments in Wisconsin bear out this description.
For example, members of Madison Teachers Inc., who sparked a four-day job action by teachers statewide with sickout February 17, responded to the passage of Walker's bill not with another walkout, but by ratifying a two-year contract that included practically all of the economic concessions demanded by Walker. They were under heavy pressure to do so by their parent union, the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC), which rushed to delay the impact of Walker's bill by locking in contracts--and dues income."
Socialists may be losing control of the Unions.
They are in a panic over union leaders concessions to protect their own incomes, before the incomes of rank & file. There is just no honor among thieves anymore.
Quote from SocialistWorker.Org
"But Wisconsin union leaders saw Walker's attack on dues checkoff as a threat directed mainly at their own livelihoods--and they pushed workers to accept concessions in order to protect their own interests at the expense of the rank and file.
This may strike some as an exaggeration. But developments in Wisconsin bear out this description.
For example, members of Madison Teachers Inc., who sparked a four-day job action by teachers statewide with sickout February 17, responded to the passage of Walker's bill not with another walkout, but by ratifying a two-year contract that included practically all of the economic concessions demanded by Walker. They were under heavy pressure to do so by their parent union, the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC), which rushed to delay the impact of Walker's bill by locking in contracts--and dues income."
