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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (178136)	9/6/2001 10:55:58 AM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

I pointed out similar a couple days ago. There's a reason Bush addressed the carpenters and Teamsters and not workers more closely aligned to the AFL-CIO over Labor Day. It's called divide and conquer. In any event, it's nice to know that Boy George is wooing labor votes. That'll guarantee three more years of government non-involvement or even sympathy to some causes of importance to America's working men and women. Don't know whether you saw the following story in today's WSJ: Headline: Costly Volkswagen Strike in Mexico Ends As Observers Worry Over Repercussions By DAVID LUHNOW Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL MEXICO CITY -- German car maker Volkswagen AG reached a deal with its Mexican union, ending a bitter 19-day strike that had crippled the world's only factory making the popular New Beetle. But the strike's effects are far from over. The stoppage highlights the growing power of independent unions in a more democratic Mexico, where for decades organized labor bowed to government demands. While labor advocates hailed the government for not intervening to end the walkout, economists worried that the auto workers' ability to again wrest wage gains well above inflation could spread to other industries ...