Alternet has a great story up about the victory of an influential woman in defeating Arnold's anti-worker iniatives in California. Rose Ann DeMoro and the California Nurses Association showed that nurses are not to be trifled with.
They say there are two kinds of political power--people power and money power.
The CNA, the California Teachers Association, the firefighters and police unions showed that smart use of their financial resoures and effective mobilizing of their members are a force to be recokned with.
Make no mistake, the issue was not paycheck protection or any such issue.
What Arnold wanted was to cripple a key source of funding of his political enemies, while making no attempt whatever to limit right-wing and corporate contributions.
You can dress that up in any fancy language you like, but it's another assault on the one voice that working people have--their union.
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