[Peace-discuss] Fw: LAST MINUTE: General Strike Warning Issued by Wisconsin's South Central Federation of Labor

[David Johnson]

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LAST MINUTE: Wisconsin's South Central
Federation of Labor Issues General Strike Warning


The 97-union South Central Federation of Labor, representing 45,000 workers in Madison and South Central Wisconsin, went on record Monday, February 21, as opposing all provisions contained in Walker's "Budget Repair Bill." It also voted to endorse preparations for a general strike.


While this is just a threat at this point and not a call to go out on general strike, the decision is a tremendous step forward. There have been only a handful of general strikes in U.S. history and none since the Taft-Hartley Act outlawed them in 1947. So the mere talk of a general strike is dramatic in itself. To mount such a strike would take much effort and courage, but if shutting down the economy is what is needed to get Governor's Walker's bill repealed, without compromises, then that's what labor needs to do -- both in Wisconsin and the rest of the country. -- Editors/The Organizer


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