US labor

[Doug Henwood]

After all we've been hearing about the evil foreign countries that 
oppress labor unions - all of which is true, of course - we've got 
the beloved Mayor of NYC, Rudy Giuliani, threatening to bankrupt the 
transitworkers union if they should dare strike later this week. 
Under NY law, the strike is illegal, so Rudy's on firm ground. The 
union has been dismal, preparing neither the membership or the public 
for a strike, and showing no imagination at all (why strike? why not 
let the public ride for free instead of collecting fares?). But 
still, the most fundamental labor right of all, the right to strike, 
is denied right here in the capital of capital. How about a labor 
rights march right here, down Broadway and across Wall Street?

Doug