Friday, January 16, 2009

Are You Looking For The "Union Label"? It's Right Here

A fantastic diary at DailyKos by blogger EmptyWheel points out that "The Unions" that the Republican party, the far-right, and their ill-informed compatriots have continully misprepresented have actually produced a few heroes.

You just learned about a few yesterday:

Sullenberger is a former national committee member and the former safety chairman for the Airline Pilots Association and now represented by US Airline Pilots Association. He--and his union--have fought to ensure pilots get the kind of safety training to pull off what he did yesterday.


As well as the flight-attendants:

They are members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA. Yesterday's accident should remind all of us that flight attendants are first and foremost safety professionals--they should not be treated like cocktail waitresses.


This isn't something that you're likely to hear about.

The entire diary, and comment section, is well worth the read.
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