Back in my UFT rep days I always told school reps never to complain without a proposed solution or a pathway to a solution. One of the current union caucuses advised voting against the contract and “preparing for a strike,” For me a strike is a lemming’s solution and not a viable pathway.
the strike has always been and continues to be the strongest weapon in the arsenal of organized labor. this is true despite the many laws that have been passed by various bodies limiting or prohibiting them. the taylor laws make it difficult to strike, but not impossible. in fact, they further highlight the need for proper strike preparation, including strike funds. perhaps if unity was less keen on drawing such enormous salaries for so little return for dues paying workers, we could have had a large enough fund to strike whenever it was needed.
goodman draws out the same tired anti labor arguments over and over, but does not seem to care about the long history of what strikes, especially illegal strikes, have won for workers in this country and abroad. workers have given their lives (a bit more serious than a little lost pay) in the past for the right to strike. we should not shy away from the strike, but lean into it. we should push back against the taylor laws until they break. unity is business unionism plain and simple. they are in it for the salary, not for labor. unity and goodman are on the side of the pinkertons and all the other anti labor knuckleheads that will be remembered as clearly on the wrong side of history
the strike has always been and continues to be the strongest weapon in the arsenal of organized labor. this is true despite the many laws that have been passed by various bodies limiting or prohibiting them. the taylor laws make it difficult to strike, but not impossible. in fact, they further highlight the need for proper strike preparation, including strike funds. perhaps if unity was less keen on drawing such enormous salaries for so little return for dues paying workers, we could have had a large enough fund to strike whenever it was needed.
goodman draws out the same tired anti labor arguments over and over, but does not seem to care about the long history of what strikes, especially illegal strikes, have won for workers in this country and abroad. workers have given their lives (a bit more serious than a little lost pay) in the past for the right to strike. we should not shy away from the strike, but lean into it. we should push back against the taylor laws until they break. unity is business unionism plain and simple. they are in it for the salary, not for labor. unity and goodman are on the side of the pinkertons and all the other anti labor knuckleheads that will be remembered as clearly on the wrong side of history
Unity hacks already have a voice by controlling our union. Does The Wire really need to give them more of one by publishing this one?
You lost me at the end