Organized Labor Calls for End to War
(reposted by) Roll Yer' Own, 21.10.2007 21:55
I was excited to see this report, calling for Labor resistance to the illegal and self-defeating war. I believe that a general-strike could be extremely effective as a tool for regaining control of our country. Even a one-day general-strike, with calls out for all non-union workers, students, etc., to join in solidarity.
Just one day, everything stops. That would send a very clear message that we have had enough. If our demands are not then met, the next effort could be 2 days duration, then 4…
Best of luck to these labor leaders.
Let's Take It Back
"Labor leaders say politicians won't end war, urge workers to protest"
Sunday, October 21, 2007
(10-20) 17:30 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- "Labor leaders from around the world gathered in San Francisco Saturday to call on workers to stand up and take organized action against war in Iraq, saying that politicians can't be counted on to halt the bloodshed."
"Several speakers cited the civil rights movement of the 1950s and the anti-Vietnam War movement of the 1960s as models to follow, saying that both achieved change that would not have occurred if matters had been left in the hands of those running the country."
"Until people get off their asses and do something, there won't be a change," Clarence Thomas, past secretary-treasurer of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 and a third-generation ILWU member, told the audience at the local's hall near Fisherman's Wharf."
"Jeremy Corbyn, a Labor Party member of Parliament in Britain, cited the staggering number of civilian deaths in the Iraq war and the thousands of returning soldiers who have needed psychiatric care to deal with what they faced during battles in that country.
"Corbyn told the audience of about 150 labor officials - who came from countries including Japan, New Zealand, Canada and Australia - that the war in Iraq is "a disaster of the grandest scale possible for the people of Iraq and the rest of us."
More at:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/21/BA0GSTIOK.DTL
