Organized Labor Split on Net Neutrality
MyDD ran two articles about the labor movements' split on net neutrality, one on the CWA's mistaken stance and a guest post by Andy Stern, president of SEIU.
Seems that CWA has sided with the telecom industry's interests in coming out against net neutrality, while Stern cites blogging as an example of the democratizing effect on media that a neutral web creates.
This split is troublesome, as CWA pushes labor-friendly Democrats to back the telecoms' profits instead of equal access to the web. This is not unlike the conflict in the 1980s between construction unions and environmentalists - an unfortunate error that we're only now forgetting.
Stern's stance shouldn't come as a surprise; he's the most prominent labor leader to embrace blogging, and SEIU has encouraged members and campaigners to write their own blogs through Purple Ocean, their online community affiliate.
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