Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 19:01:30 GMT
From: hariette-AT-easynet.co.uk (hariette spierings)
Subject: Re: M-I: Detroit newspaper strike


>Dear all,
>
>Although this is quite a long piece, I found it really interesting. It
>was sent to me by one of the Detroit strikers. Any comments?
>
>                            *************
>
>
>(Remarks by David Sole, President of UAW Local 2334, opening the Dec. 7,
>1996
>Conference supporting the Detroit newspaper strikers at Wayne State
>University, Detroit)
>
>
>Busting in the 1990's -
>   What We Can Learn From the Past to Fight It.
>
 
>
>An idea has been circulating for many months now. The idea for a
>massive,
>national labor solidarity march to be held in Detroit to support the
>newspaper workers and say NO! to union busting. 850 strikers began a new
>appeal for this march. The Metropolitan Council of Newspaper Unions has
>now put its support behind it. Workers around the country are always
>asking - "When will the call go out for us to come to Detroit?" Now we
>can say the campaign is on to get that call issued soon.
>
>We must all get behind this effort and build it from below. But we need
>to let our leaders know that we cannot continue as before, that masses
>of
>Detroit newspaper strikers ought to be listened to and they are
>demanding
>action NOW!
>
>And who is to say what could happen if hundreds of thousands of workers
>start out in a march? Who is to say what inventive new or OLD tactics
>wouldn't arise from such a massive mobilization?
>
>The newspaper strike is not dead. The strikers continue to show that
>they
>will not disappear. Support continues to pour in from around the nation.
>What is needed is a clarion call for ACTION that unties labors hands to
>give the enemies of labor a taste of our own brand of class warfare.
>
>-- 
>Comradely,
>
>Richard.                     



Hi there Richard an all -  I am back in circulation until January 10, taking
advantage of the festive slow down of other activities.

On the comments that Richard requests, there is of course nothing that
terrifies the ruling classes into the most severe "jivvies" more than the
spectacle of the "working class on the move" taking to the streets and
raising its political action above the mere demands of a single strike
action, and the comments and suggestions of this one striker are most
apposite and welcome in this particular regard and on many other points too.

On the lighter side, is there anyone who would be kind enough to sacrifice
one of his 3 a day postings to give me a brief run down of how things stand
now in this list? 


Regards to all friends and comrades.


Adolfo Olaechea   



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