Friday, February 25, 2011

If They Pass It, Do It.

There has been a vote in the SouthCentral Wisconsin Labor Council to call for a general strike if the Walker-Bill is passed. From the article:
The 97-union South Central Federation of Labor of Wisconsin is laying groundwork for a general strike if Gov. Scott Walker succeeds in enacting legislation that would strip most bargaining rights from most public employee unions.
Federation president Jim Cavanaugh said Tuesday that he couldn't predict how many unions might take part in a strike, but opposition to Walker has grown rapidly.
"Two weeks ago who would have thought there would have been 70,000 people on the Capitol Square demonstrating on behalf of worker rights?" Cavanaugh said. "We have had an awful lot of statements of support from around the country."
The labor federation, which represents more than 45,000 workers, voted Monday night to endorse work stoppages by union and nonunion workers nationally, Cavanaugh said.
Word of advice: If they pass it, walk out, strike, and don't look back. Keep the protests in the capitol, shut it down, don't go back to work. There's no point working in a place where labor has no value. There's no point being the sanitation worker if you have no right to negotiate for a better wage on that job over time. There's no point being a state employee, and making less than the private sector, if the Governor can simply cut your benefits and wages to nothing, and lay you off, at a whim. Carry through on this threat if need be. Do not bend, do not break.

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