A Message of Thanks to the Writers' on the Picket Line from One of Your Supporters: |
| Published: February 14, 2008, 11:30 am |
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[ I wrote this yesterday for a fan strike support weblog. It has since been distributed on a strike captains bulletin board.] I am proud of the brothers and sisters at the WGA. You have done a good thing for the union movement. The level of solidarity of your unit is a lesson to us all. The use of new media to get your message out should be taken up as much as possible by all unions. The level of strike support by non-WGA members should bring hope to all of our union brothers and sisters. A strike is never won completely. You can never know for sure when victory is yours. I have seen great contracts signed after a unified strike and the actual long term prospects that the strike gave access to lost by frittering away of unity. I have seen mediocre contracts signed in the midst of contentious union in-fighting with the result that the specific union and the union movement as a whole has come away stronger and ready for future struggle. A strike is not won or lost on the day the [ Full article ] |
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