All strikers are involved in 'extortion' from a capitalist point of view -- whereas
lockouts and giving work out to the lowest bidders are forms of capitalist extortion
-- so whether you reckon people should go to gaol for it depends on what side of the
barricades you're on. As for threatening strikebreakers -- that's what picket lines
are for!! If you can't mount effective picket lines and discourage those who would
undermine working conditions by breaking strikes from knuckling under to capitalist
extortion then in the long run you can't have effective unions -- and no unions means
a free hand to the bosses to implement any working conditions they think they can get
away with. That's why it's important to defend picket lines and everything that is
necessary to make them effective -- from a working class point of view that is..
-----Original Message-----
From: The Becketts [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, 27 October 1998 23:37
To: Annissa Firth; Neither!
Subject: Re: Touch One, Touch All
Well, if, in fact, he threatened a strikebreaker or was in volved in
extortion, then he deserves gaol
Ron
> 70 years ago two NSW miners were jailed after involvement in
> industral action for allegedly wounding a strikebreaker.
> Ancient history? In 1998 a Port Kembla maritime unionist, Eric
> Wicker, is being threatened with 8 years imprisonment for
> "extortion" - involvement in industrial action.
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