Let Unions Bear Some Blame for Their Demise

September 3, 2019

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is work in honor of Labor Day, which was celebrated yesterday, September 2.

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A Labor Day poem about how corruption in unions helped weaken them:

Let unions bear some blame for their demise.

All were not corrupt, but far too many

Blessed the criminals and kissed their rings,

Organized to serve only themselves.

Remember what is lost when something dies

Despite the need for it. There isn't any

Alternative to what true union brings –

Yearning that with shared resolve rebels.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Work

9/2: Unions Are a Gift of Our Own Giving

9/3: Let Unions Bear Some Blame for Their Demise