Jeff Crosby of IUE-CWA Local 201 in Lynn, Massachusetts has written an insightful post on the abandonment and demonization of both the public sector and the public good by our own legislative leaders.

http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/04…

He proposes union rank and file take 5 steps to better “protect both public workers’ living standards and public services for the rest of us” — should be all of us there, Jeff! — but in my opinion, these are 5 principles we all need to adopt. As Jeff notes,

Either we change the public perception of government-equating the public sector with the public good with each word we speak-or we lose public jobs and services. And that hurts us all.