One tiny Big Union, with Mustard
Of any group of workers in real need of a radical labor union, it's fast-food workers. The Wobblies, yes, those wobblies, may be a shadow of themselves 90 years ago, but that shadow is growing- a vote to organize the Minneapolis members of a fast-food chain is happening now. Why? The One Big Union has some big brass ones, and a historically honed sense of sarcasm.
The IWW is far, far, far left, almost a romantic ghost, but I'll say this: they're clean, and in the last 10 years, they've gained some successes and experience. It's going present a very interesting situation if they get a toehold here.
I can hardly think of anything better for the country than if, say, the IWW organized Wal Mart. As I heard a belgian economist say on the BBC, the idea that giving tax breaks to the rich will eventually benefit workers "is stupid."
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