I read in the New York Times this morning about a melee which occurred at the Labor Notes conference last weekend in Detroit. The story in a nutshell (which was not easy to find) is essentially that the California Nurses Association has been attempting to organize nurses in Ohio. SEIU is not pleased and sent a contingent of SEIU protesters to the Labor Notes conference to disrupt it.
I am appalled that some amongst the labor community would like to bring back the mob-style tactics of the past. We don't need that sort of thing going on. I'm not suggesting we all join hands and sing kumbaya, but for heavens sake, knock off the violence and disruptive tactics and TALK TO EACH OTHER.
Read more about the goings on here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/us/16labor.html?ref=us
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/15/175916/721/535/495763
--LC1
