The Block family owns both our newspaper (The Toledo Blade) and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (The Blocks are horrendous snobs and big Trump supporters.) It's heartening to see the IBEW supporting the striking paper workers in Pittsburgh, but here they ignored the UAW workers on strike this past year at the Jeep and GM plants. You gotta wonder why some of these big unions don't show solidarity everywhere with all their fellow workers. Perhaps that day will come.
You are absolutely right! All unions need to support and encourage all unions. Nothing will improve until and unless unions do supportive and generalized strikes and slowdowns. Too often the damn leadership is just focused on narrow interests with no awareness -- or care -- that all workers. all unions are drowning in the same sea.
What an amazing act of solidarity! I have family members who are part of the IBEW, and proud of that.
Yes, it is the model we need to echo and amplify!
The Block family owns both our newspaper (The Toledo Blade) and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (The Blocks are horrendous snobs and big Trump supporters.) It's heartening to see the IBEW supporting the striking paper workers in Pittsburgh, but here they ignored the UAW workers on strike this past year at the Jeep and GM plants. You gotta wonder why some of these big unions don't show solidarity everywhere with all their fellow workers. Perhaps that day will come.
You are absolutely right! All unions need to support and encourage all unions. Nothing will improve until and unless unions do supportive and generalized strikes and slowdowns. Too often the damn leadership is just focused on narrow interests with no awareness -- or care -- that all workers. all unions are drowning in the same sea.