Pearson's blog

Who made this incredibly insightful statement? Andy Stern? John Sweeney? Joe Hansen? Jimmie Hoffa? Any one of the thousand other really high and mighty within organized labor?

Nope, none of the above even begin to come close to this basic concept of how it should be. This assessment came from a worker in a grocery store; a UFCW member who has been self-educating on the internet.

Ya gotta wonder eh? With all the hoopla regarding the AFL-CIO convention and the emergence of the change to win gang, it looked like we were on the verge of leaders becoming more open and willing to listen.

The unitetowin blog was saluted for it's interactive communication (limited as it was). They allowed virtually anything to be said. Some would argue it was too loose, but it was light years away from most other union sites.

At 91 years young, this elder stateman of labor would put most of us to shame with the energy he has. Here is the press release for his candidacy; http://reform-aflcio.blogspot.com/ . You may note he runs his own website and also does a fair amount of blogging.