Is support of organized labor really that bad?
Today in the Express-News columnist Jaime Castillo highlights some of the inconsistencies being displayed by two of the mayoral candidates, Trish DeBerry-Mejia and Diane Cibrian, regarding their labor positions. In the column Castillo points out that even though the candidates are now taking an anti-union stance they actively courted both the SAPOA and SAPFA in February according to leaders of both organizations. DeBerry-Mejia’s campaign even goes as far as to link Castro to efforts to organize the rest of city employees under current efforts by SEIU through a series of “guilt by association” assertions. But I really have to ask the question is having the support of organized labor a bad thing? Growing up in Arkansas my father was a member of a union while employed by Reynolds Metals Aluminum. I remember going to the union hall on some Saturday mornings sitting through discussions. Of course, for an 11 year old boy it really didn’t mean a lot to me and was a boring way to spend a Satur
