A word of advice on the history and condition of the union movement in the US...the turmoil of the sixties and seventies bred a solid core of people many working in the labor movement and currently reaching an age where they have generated experience and credibility...we are not content to allow the porkchoppers and hacks to live at the trough...we are in the face of recalcitrant employers, and in the face of those in our unions that aren't driven by the ideal that we are, above all else, a movement for social justice...as they say, a new day is dawning...our willingness and success at organizing is the most important manifestation of that!