----- Original Message ----- From: Guilherme To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] First Day of Fare Strike Descends on Chicago
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Years ago, I heard Ernest Mandel suggest that instead of going on
> strike, transit workers should just let the public ride for free -
> they'd win allies among the masses rather than making enemies. It
> seemed like such a good idea I wonder why it hasn't been tried.
>
Wouldn't their leaders go to jail pretty quick?
-gr ~~~
The employees would risk losing their jobs for.... ...aiding and abbetting theft of services (?), and it would be a breach of some employees responsibilty.
That doesn't mean it wouldn't be a *great* PR victory. Or a whole lotta fun!
"The presidential election, according to their [U.S.] standards, are inadmissible for us. If we had staged an election like they did in the United States, we would have been crushed a long time ago." -- Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, 4 November 2004 Commenting on U.S.election standards.
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