http://labornotes.org/2011/05/mexican-teachers-strike-protest-over-test-driven-education
Sam Gindin, formerly chief economist for the Canadian Auto Workers union and a sharp thinker about both economics and the labor movement, argues that public employees will only be able to stop a rout by capital if they push hard and militantly for the provision of public services, allying themselves with those who need such services most and fighting for better and more public services. I think many public workers would agree or could be convinced to agree. The national leaders of their unions, however, might not be capable of leading such a struggle, at least not the way it has to be led. Too many political alliances would have to be broken; complete breaks would have to be made with all the foundations now setting the agenda for public schools; and so forth.
What do others think?