October 07, 2008  Union First, Country Second - My visit with a
union leader  Labor Union’s Institutional Narcissism - My visit
with a big city union local president By Daryl L. Hunter  In
August (2008) by chance, I met the president of a large labor
union of a major city who was on vacation where I live. After
finding out he was the president of a union I steered the
conversation to politics and the upcoming election, the
conversation was alarming yet enlightening.  I will not mention
the union, the city, nor the union presidents name because I did
not tell him I was a blogger and he would not have been
forthcoming had I told him. He was a nice man and I wouldn’t
want to get him into hot water for a casual conversation. It
would be my assumption that to become president of a union local
you have to be smart and analytical, using that as a baseline I
questioned:  Me: Considering these times of jobs moving overseas
aren’t you concerned every new wage and benefit demand might be
the straw that breaks the camels