By: emptywheel Friday January 16, 2009 5:34 am
They're calling it a miracle--the successful landing of a US Airways jet in the Hudson and subsequent rescue of all 155 passengers. They're detailing the heroism of all involved, starting with the pilot and including cabin crew, ferry crews, and first responders. What they're not telling you is that just about every single one of these heros is a union member.
There's the pilot:
What might have been a catastrophe in New York — one that evoked the feel if not the scale of the Sept. 11 attack — was averted by a pilot’s quick thinking and deft maneuvers.
On board, the pilot, Chesley B. Sullenberger III, 57, unable to get back to La Guardia, had made a command decision to avoid densely populated areas and try for the Hudson,
Read on...
Peacenik gets tired of all the anti-union bs in the media. Everyone wants to blame the autoworkers' unions for the problems of the auto industry. The whole goal of the Republicans in the U.S. is to let GM and the other companies walk away from their pension and benefit obligations and union contracts. Same with Harper and the CAW in Canada. This article by emptywheel makes an important point in a very simple way. Unions are good. Workers benefit from Unions. Society benefits from unions.
