"It's class warfare and my class is winning." Warren Buffett

The value of any commodity, ... to the person who possesses it, and who means not to use or consume it himself, but to exchange it for other commodities, is equal to the quantity of labour which it enables him to purchase or command. Labour, therefore, is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities. (Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations Book 1, chapter V.)

The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works....(Barack Obama)


Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Collective Bargaining Rights for Delaware State Employess: An Interview with Mike Begatto

SB 36,which would accord full bargaining rights to Delaware State employees, recently passed the state Senate and is expected to pass the House this week and signed into law by Governor Ruth Ann Minner.

It's been a long journey for this right, dating back to the mid 1960s. Here I interview Mike Begatto, the Executive Director of AFSCME Council 81 about the bill. The interview is 21 minutes long.