Wishful thinking not enough to secure workers’ rights‏

“Workers’ prosperity has always come through fighting for rights, never from thinking hard about them” says US teamster union leader James Hoffa. http://www.economist.com/node/16422252?story_id=16422252
Hoffa was responding an Economist article which suggested that unions should rediscover “their old role as friendly societies, providing their members with the support they need to confront inevitable changes rather than trying to defend jobs for life” - see review by UNISON Active on 9 June:
http://unisonactive.blogspot.com/2010/06/unions-age-of-austerity.html