From: Michael Hoover <hoov-AT-freenet.tlh.fl.us>
Subject: Re: M-TH: All Work and No Play? No Way!
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 97 16:47:03 18000


Justin S:
> A financier like Soros is certianly a member of the big bourgeoisie, even
> if he only owns factories and raw materials for a few minutes at a time
> during any given day and makes most of his money from devishly intricate
> derivatives swaps. (I should say I have no idea how Soros makes most of
> his money).

recent issue of *Counterpunch* reports that Soros has a large real
estate portfolio...and while it may represent only the tiniest portion 
of his wealth, he is co-owner - with Whitehall Realty, a division of 
Goldman Sachs - of two buildings in suburban Denver...the buildings are 
cleaned by Maintenance Unlimited, a firm that apparently only hires 
Central American immigrants...the SEIU local has been attempting to 
organize such workers and NLRB has issued several complaints against 
the maintenance company for threatening workers and firing pro-union 
employees...workers who refuse to speak with union organizers are 
rewarded with paid time off...based on his reputation as a "champion of 
the downtrodden," SEIU thought that Soros' people would replace MU after 
learning of its anti-union activities...ob-la-di, ob-la-da...Michael


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