WILD CAT STRIKE

WILD CAT STRIKE....
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Mayor of Madison Dave Cieslewicz leading wildcat strike of public workers, marching with them to Capitol right now #wiunion
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Mayor of Madison would have to sue public employees for being engaged in illegal strike by marching with them he shows he will not sue
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Ok folks this is not a minor thing. We have entered a great escalation in this. As a historian this is not minor. Realize that wild cat strikes are not common in this country any more, They were once a great tool of labor. There was a time when they just happened... and they were repressed with great force. What we are seeing is a return to the 1920s, and the struggles of labor have been set back by almost a century. Some people are afraid of the S word, Well, say it with me, STRIKE. Say it AGAIN STRIKE. Repeat after me STRIKE. This is the great thing that will have to happen. Our Radical Republicans have yet to really pay the price for their policies... STRIKE... it is the tool the worker has. It is the tool we have surrendered over the years in exchange for bargaining and good working conditions. They have violated that Social Contract, STRIKE... say it with me again, STRIKE. Now let me warn you. This is not an easy thing. Strikes are not romantic, and in the past people did die, and get roughed up. But that is the tool of the worker. Say it with me, STRIKE. Repeat it, STRIKE. When a people are given no other choice resistance is NOT futile. It may take years, but the war has finally been joined.

http://nadinbrzezinski.posterous.com/wild-cat-strike

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that includes ... one in DC...

running against socialist Paul Soglin who has been Mayor a few times before and its a race to see who is further to the left :hippie: and don't you wish you lived in Madison, WI?!!

To stand with my fellow Americans.

STRIKE Just DO IT. I am in. The Veil has been lifted. We must represent ourselves. Shut 'er down. Game On!

and it is not staying in WI either.

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is not enlightening. many right wing page results. the biggest suggestion was to fire all the teachers. another suggested bringing them up on charges. another snottily mentioned "i'm a libtard. i choose what laws to obey" which seems extraordinarily ironic considering what walker and his lackeys have done. not to mention the entire 8 long years of gw.

i want a live stream. :cry:

It's not broadcasting live at the moment but it was earlier... http://www.livestream.com/theuptake

just got off work, leaving town in the morning, and there's so much going on. on NPR on the way home from work they were interviewing one of the right wing tools over Wisconsin. i had to switch the station.

We have strike as a tool, but timing is important. Our big effort needs to be recall. I'm not saying we can't do both, but I don't think it's time yet.

but that is another matter, and not just in WI... at least regional

see where it goes from there. I'd say the timing would be WHEN Walker signs the bill. And remember, this is to MAKE IT HURT! Shut down commerce. Make it difficult or impossible for even people who WANT to go to work to get there. Shut down stores and plants with peaceful, sit down occupations. DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE ARRESTED. It'll happen, but it's not the end of the world. I've been arrested twice before and I survived. And I expect to be arrested again SOON!

A strike is the ONLY weapon the working class has. Make it count!

I've heard the 15th, the 30th and today.

per the twitter... now a general strike...

I also know that wild cats are highly illegal... under Taft Hatley, any other thing you would like to teach me TEACH?

strike", it makes no sense and can confuse people by conflating the terms.

jesus I am your ally, but good bye

when I was a kid . Daddy didn't work for months on end and we were hungry , but for free lunches at school . The National Guards policed the streets and there was violence. This could get very ugly. People do not go on wildcat strike until they are backed into a corner and have no other option. They deserve our support and our love.

daddy was a life long Republican

It is the only thing the workers have left, Time for a statewide strike and if no reaction, a general strike

decide how the aggregate of their own tax dollars can be spent on themselves!

http://nadinbrzezinski.posterous.com/organic-movements

That has a photo of last night at the Rotunda

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x606878

Local link

again . . .

Time to STOP this crap!!

Where are the jobs all of those tax cuts were supposed to have created, Speaker Boehner?

and people work for a buck a day.

Yes, that is the kind of jobs the Speaker wants. He, and his party, are RADICALS.

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Labor IS Capital; autonomy is its means of Real Value negotiation.

Strike is an essential expression of the autonomous understanding Labor's own Real Value, it's Labor Capital, which, like all good capitalists, Labor seeks good investment value for its capital, real value in exchange for real value. Strike is a necessary tool in establishing this economy.

was my Mom being part of a wildcat strike against acme boxes in Cleveland in the early 70's.

It was dangerous is why I remember it so well,many cars were vandalized and a few heads busted.

Be careful,all who join and I hope you kick their asses.

you do not go there just because.

Walker would fire them all, and bus in his own paid privatized people. Maybe he is planning on sending a boat to SHANGHAI and bringing workers to America! After all, whats the first thing Republicans do when they want to shut down a plant? They go to China to build a new one and hire cheap labor.


(Hey, maybe we should start a rumor that Walker plans to bring people from China to work cheaper
as State employees.. That would make Tea bagger heads explode!)

if 90% of workers do.. the dynamic changes radically and not in Walker's favor. Why strikes are also a numbers game.

There is a special place in the Asshole of Hell for Union Busters !

STRIKE ! STRIKE ! STRIKE !!

My favorite is the one for a strike/crisis planning firm. :rofl:

Yes, the uproar in Madison and other places really is organic in ways perhaps even the protesters themselves don't understand.