In Dubious Battle

Ms. Marlan S. Maralit

Organizing Department

American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees

Dear Ms. Maralit:

Thanks for your mass e-mail this morning inviting me to recommend students for AFSCME's Alternative Union Break: Summer Session.  I understand that students who attend this four-day program are taught how to "fight for a better country," and to promote "social and economic justice," by becoming union organizers.

Alas, I know no student who'd be interested in your program. ...