We have always argued that the bosses and their bribed politicians claim that there is no money for working peoples needs is a lie. This was shown to be true when they came up with the bail out package of over $700 billion and gave it to the criminal swindlers in the banks and Wall Street.
Unfortunately the union leaders have swallowed this lie that there is no money out there and working people have to take cuts. This garbage has to be rejected for the lie that it is. The union leaders should know better. The country is awash with money. The problem is it is in the hands of and controlled by the big business criminals and their bribed politicians. A stand has to be taken.
No cuts in any services or wages or conditions. Instead increase services, wages and conditions. And to pay for this take the money from the rich and military spending. No to bailing out the criminals of Wall Street, yes to bailing out working people.
The union leaders have to stop boot licking the capitalists and capitalism. This is their responsibility. They have the power to change things with the millions of members in the unions. Unfortunately they are cowed by capitalism and their inability to see any alternative to this system.
We working class activists and young people have to build activist rank and file committees in the workplaces and neighborhoods, the union locals and committees, the schools and colleges and fight against the capitalist offensive and for a democratic socialist alternative. In this way we can throw back the capitalist offensive and in the process open up an alternative oppositional movement in the unions that will begin to see that there is an alternative.
Sean.
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