Unions are coming. The workers worldwide are rising up to fight for better wages, healthcare , pensions, union rights, housing and climate change. They are also tired of wars and the exorbitant cost of education. People the world over want a government that represents the 99 percent and not the 1 percent who just want more money to buy more power.
This is a real class warfare and we, the people, will win with strong unions, which work and support all workers, unionized or not. At this time, we have the auto workers fighting over tier workers who work by another worker doing the same job but for a lower wage. This is done not only to save GM money, but also to cause division among the work force.
The General Motors workers won because all the workers stayed together. Then the Black Jewel miners are still fighting for their wages. They will win if all with a message of solidarity, money, which can be sent to: With Love From Harlan P.O. Box 1621 Harlan, KY 40831. Checks should be payable to Community Organization With Love From Harlan with coal miner fund on the check. Keep in mind Kentucky senator Mitch McConnell and his wife have made themselves extremely wealthy off the backs of Kentucky citizens. Will the citizens of Kentucky vote McConnell out of office in the next election to prevent him and his wife Elaine Chao from becoming even wealthier?
Don’t forget the teachers in Chicago, who just went out of strike for better pay and smaller class sizes. In Baltimore, the symphony is locked out, management demand a 20 percent pay and benefit cut. They are members of Local 40-543 American Federation of Musicians and were trying to get a better deal when management decided cut the musicians off at the knees.The National Nurses United have 6,500 on a one-day strike at 12 Tenet hospitals in Florida, California, Arizona and El Paso, Texas.
Then there is the people in Hong Kong, Russia, Bolivia, Chile, Haiti, Lebanon, Iraq and Ukraine are in the streets. The world is in for some big changes and the workers need to be at the table. Also look for a baseball strike in the new future.
The tipping point will be reached in 2020 for the 99 percent of the world. For the Used to Have, Have Nots, and the Have Littles have had enough, and are ready to fight for a much larger share of the pie, such as free healthcare, free education, housing, better wages and addressing climate change before we completely destroy this world. It will take the 99 percent of us to beat the 1 percent and it will look like we have a start by all those brave souls standing up for what they believe is right in the world.
Join a union. Support a union. Pay your dues. Attend your union meetings.
I hope that I am wrong, but what I see at this time is our unions are going to be in the fight of their existence. This is the most perilous time of our life. The life we had is threatened like never before. Unions are the largest organized group of people who can save our country if things keep going the way they are heading at this time. We need to all stand together for power, but we each must prepare and plan to take care of ourselves and our families. We can fight the big fight and not be distracted by worry about things that can and should already be taken care of. For instance, stashing at least one month’s pay and at least a month or even a year’s worth of food, whether the food is staples (pasta, rice, canned goods) and meat or chicken in the freezer. Keep your vehicles' tanks full and if possible a gas can full. It’s in your best interest to also save money for house or rent payments plus extra. This is not new thinking for us old trade workers who had to prepare when...
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