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7-4-1998 
Ask the Jobless If Marx Is Relevant 
Jeffrey Grabelsky 
Cornell University, jmg30@cornell.edu 
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Ask the Jobless If Marx Is Relevant 
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unions, construction, protest, labor movement 
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Ask the Jobless If Marx Is Relevant 
Published: July 4, 1998 
To the Editor: 
Your July 2 editorial on the demonstration against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's awarding of a contract to a nonunion bidder 
focused on the small number of construction workers who turned violent. But the vast majority were orderly. 
What I saw was a militant protest that was legitimate and effective. The unions argue that the ''lowest responsible bidder'' must be defined 
with greater clarity to insure that public money does not go to contractors who offer no health insurance, invest no money in training and 
flout laws regulating the industry. 
The demonstration also revealed the depth of working-class anger and anxiety in New York. The protesters believe a revitalized labor 
movement can restore the promise of American life. 
JEFF GRABELSKY 
New York, July 2, 1998 
The writer is director, construction industry program, Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations. 


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