>Don't even get me started on what Boeing workers *don't* strike over! :-)
>
>Are Boeing workers in China, Japan, Israel etc. crossing a picket line when
>they continue to work while their brothers and sisters in Puget Sound are on
>strike? Or is that just retrograde nationalism?
Both sides should honor the other's strike, no? We're a long way from that in the real world, but it'd be a nice idea.
>This whole discussion concedes too much to the business unionism model we
>all abhor and the fallacy of simple location in a world being
>de-re-territorialized at the click of a mouse..........
This got started with a query about a retail informational picket line. Retail is ultimately about location. It has a long supply chain, sure, but if nothing's sold, then the retailer has a problem. We could also talk about messing with the supply chain, or using retail campaigns to affect production, or a whole lot of other things. But we can get carried away with mouseclicks and placelessness.
Doug