S.C. Union Leader Calls for Possible Nationwide General Workers Strike

[marmar]

from HuffPost:



A high-profile South Carolina union leader said Wednesday that he doesn't see any other way for the labor movement to win the battle against an anti-union bill in Wisconsin than to call for a general workers strike if such legislation passes.

Kenny Riley, who heads up the Charleston local 1422 of the International Longshoremen's Association - the largest and most powerful union in the Palmetto State - is a bright star among the national union leadership.

He's heading to Cleveland today for the Emergency Labor Meeting.

Riley will speak in Cleveland on a panel titled "How Can We Help Mobilize the Labor Movement to Fight the Attacks Against Working People?" .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/corey-hutchins/sc-union-leader-calls-for_b_830861.html

[Hannah Bell]

1. kr

[montanacowboy]

2. That's what is needed

and a clear message to the President that he needs to start dancing with the partner who brought him

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Yep I agree with him

that is what it will take.

[slay]

4. I think this is what is needed

otherwise those in power will continue to fuck us - on a daily basis these days it seems.

[leftstreet]

5. K&R

[Skip_In_Boulder]

6. I think it has to be in the future

If the middle class is to survive.