At the just concluded Pacific Coast Labor Law Conference Mr. John P. Hiatt, General Council AFL-CIO was the luncheon speaker. Little organizing - mostly servicing members has been the past 15 year history of the labor movement. Multi Union organizing efforts on a related or industry basis. John Sweeny has spoken about how the Union was becoming irrelevant. John Sweeny, as President of the AFL-CIO has resolved to change the tide.
Workers are upset about corporate greed.
Disloyalty by the company has created anger. The social contract of the 50's was changed in 70's. US management decided to compete through lowered wage cost. Since 1973, productivity has gone up but workers did not get their fair share. Currently CEO's are paid 187 times the average workers pay.