Index of SPPS Budget Discussion http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/spps-posts.html _________________________________________ The labor movement and its supporters need to do some serious thinking about what will happen if Pawlenty wins the bus strike.
A long transit strike, by itself, doesn't accomplish anything. It hurts poor people. It hurts the inner cities. Pawlenty and the Republicans in power forced the bus strike. They think we will fight among ourselves instead of uniting. A transit strike causes problems in districts represented by Democrats. It doesn't cause many problems in districts represented by Republicans. What if Democrats protested the Florida recount by having a national hunger strike? What if union members and Democrats threw $20 bills in bonfires? A long transit strike is NOT a winning strategy. Soon a choice will have to be made between escalation and surrender. Escalation would mean sympathy strikes, wildcats, disruption of traffic, maybe even a general strike. Most of this would be illegal. Ed Fesler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com _____________________________________________ SPPS Budget Reduction Forum - Feb. 23-27 Co-Sponsored By NEAT: http://www.stpaulneat.org/ _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
