Letters

Letters

Editors:

William Kornblum, writing in the spring Dissent on “Why the Insurgents Lost in Steel,” offers some, but by no means all, the reasons why Lloyd McBride soundly defeated Ed Sadlowski in the Steelworkers’ union election. As one who was associated with the McBride campaign, perhaps I can offer a few additional observations.

Kornblum suggests that the Sadlowski defeat hinged on poor showings in just three areas: Quebec, Texas, and “the Pittsburgh regi...