One of the basic human rights being violated by the Chinese government is that of workers to organize unions responsive to their needs; rather, they are at the mercy of phony organizations tolerated by the Communist government.
"Under my leadership, Unite would be a more flexible, responsive and transparent union for all our members," he said.
Partly for ideological reasons, partly because of labour's increasing influence on the Democratic Party, Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal proved much more responsive to trade-union demands than had the Republican administrations of the post-World War I era.
That could make those unions more responsive to their members, but it could also pull money away from other areas, such as organizing campaigns and political causes.
"This union is responsive to employers when there are bad times on the commitment that when times are good, workers' wages and conditions will be restored," she said.
It escalated when Bever said the firefighters union has been more responsive to the city's needs than the other unions.
It's a system that allows the union to be responsive to a wider variety of student concerns.
At the same time, workers in Chicago say union organizers were responsive to demands for more input, resources and control.
The system was centralized at the turn of the century in response to allegations of patronage, and it remained so until the 1960's brought protests from minority parents that a largely white bureaucracy and teachers union were not responsive to them.
