What should ILA boss Daggett and crew do to show "solidarity with future generations"? John replied, "15 hours work for 40 hours pay." For dockworkers only? Who gets to be the dockworkers of the future? And if you are in touch with workers, you know that many would work two such jobs; not only for the money but because work is the center of your life. John's other idea: the same number of port jobs that exist now be guaranteed forever. Too silly to bother with.
John can denounce ILO boss Daggett (not difficult to do!), but his posturing about future generations is empty. In general, he looks for broad radical demands that 1) cannot be taken seriously for the contract fight now, and 2) avoid declaring that we are for revolution to overthrow capitalism – not by waving a banner, but by doing what each of us can to help and prepare. This political style is common among a swath of Trotskyists. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#34254): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/34254 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/110242875/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
