VL is about Work (Marcuse and Vineland's Electrican).2

[Mike Weaver]

Terrance posted
>"Basically pure and simple, or "business" unionism, as it developed in
>the United States, accepted private property and the market as the
>fundamental, and largely beneficial, pillars of economic life.
>Capitalism, while fundamentally desirable, had to be tempered by more
>humane institutions capable of minimizing the negative effects of
>unrestrained individualism and extreme concentration of economic power.
>The labor movement is one such institution. "

Same is true in most European countries - the underside of the Marshall 
Plan involved US intelligence agents and funds supporting the creation of 
anti-communist 'left' parties and unions in Germany, Italy and France, i.e. 
the Social-Democrat and Socialist Parties and their partner unions. In 
other words enhancing the strength of those sections of the labour 
movements which were in line with the pro capitalist attitude of the 
AFL/CIO. Those sections already existed as the tension between improvement 
under capital and overthrowing the system was there from the very beginning 
in every capitalist country.
We've already discussed Orwell's attitude to the British Labour Party in 
this light.

However the left thread portrayed in Vineland is very much the 
anti-capitalist one. The business union mentality represented by IATSE, 
which the standard histories all record as hand in glove with the Hollywood 
employers and utterly corrupt as well.