A conversation with a "labor thug".... from Progressive Way....

[WCGreen]

Paul Lemmon, a reccently retired United Mine Worker organizer...

A real good peek into what it was like to be a labor organizer...


http://progressiveway.org/what-labor-brings-to-the-progressive-movement-an-interview-with-union-activist-paul-lemmon/

[hobbit709]

1. too many people hear "Union" and are either turned off or have no clue

as to what labor has done for them.

My wife's cousin in E. TX is the union rep at the railroad where he works and he tells me what all he has to go through sometimes.

My first job after High School was at a charcoal plant. That made me a member of the UMW.

Unfortunately all the jobs I had after moving to TX were nonunion. One job at least they cared about you and took care of you but that was atypical.

[WCGreen]

2. It's rare indeed to have a company culture that values the work of their labor

component.

Most look at the way things are and perceive that everyone is expendable....