Union Dues

The Newspaper Guild has posted about last night's meeting at the Redwood. The Retch's take is that the meeting was a start. It wasn't exactly jammed full of people. Whether that's an indication of fear or disinterest, time will tell.

There's another shot tomorrow night. The Teamsters are meeting on Thursday at the Kyoto Grand, the old New Otani hotel, beginning after 5 p.m. Again, it's close. It's easy. And here, the sushi is outstanding.

The Retch has been asked whether he or anyone at the blog is affiliated with any kind of labor movement. The answer is no. I just think that we need to do everything possible, in every kind of way, to counteract Sam Zell's destruction of our house. Unions are one of the tools at our disposal.

Do they stop layoffs? No--Zell just fired the Teamster-backed Ryder Logistics delivery guys. Do they give some of us the willies? Yes. Do they clog up the system? Possibly.

But can they also be fun? And cool? And make killer videos with serious bass?

Check out the YouTube video below, a Baltimore Sun Guild Workers production. And think about us doing the same.