CB
>>> Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> 12/13/99 12:28PM >>>
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