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Likes series Dear editor, I was very moved by the recent long feature in the February issue of Socialist Action by Paul Siegel, "Does democracy really exist in capitalist America?" I plan to share it with friends and scholars who live here.
I admire your paper and have distributed copies, xeroxed articles, and shared issues. I am looking forward to reading the next article by Paul Siegel. Best wishes to you all.
Alene Smith, Sad state Dear editor, I read with great interest the article titled "Union stops steel bosses' demands for concessions" in the February issue Action.
I am a union activist of 10 years, and I applauded the efforts by the new AEIF local leadership to mobilize the membership, their spouses, and their commu -nity against Armco Steel. It sounds like the odds against the non-affiliated union were tremen -dous from the outset, especially since the union had never struck Armco!
By organizing a fightback, the Middletown local was able to win an extension of the current contract. The company didn't get what it wanted. But the workers got no wage increase, and there is a possibility of wage re-openers in 1988 and '89 if the company suffers losses.
The best of us in the labor movement sometimes forget that unless unions make gains when contracts expire, workers fall behind. This is not only evident in terms of money, but in terms of job security and classification rules. All companies begin
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