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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 10:55 PM Original message |
On a national strike... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. a 'national strike' is an entirely unrealistic expectation in this country in these times. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. And a massive march will require people to miss work days |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. what part of "with the number of unemployed people in this country" don't you understand..? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. and they were not there in 1910 |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. you'll have to fill me in on those.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Read STRIKES... any labor organzing did not BECOME legal |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. the topic is NATIONAL strikes- and you referred to the ones in 1910, and 1920... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You stated taling of strikes in general |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. And what would be the point of this strike, other than |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You want NAFTA to be repealed or reformed |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. The time to strike against NAFTA has long passed |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. This is why labor keeps losing ground |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Believe me, like I said I have been in two lengthy strikes |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I know the dynamic |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. We just voted our man into the Presidency |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. So what do you want to do? |
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hurricanesfan27 (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. I strike when my union tells me to |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Why it is critical to get the unions involved and as part of the MOVEMENT |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. The problem with this call for strike, as with many others, is that there is... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. And the history of marches is not that stellar |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. one more before sleep. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
17. Effective movements are local, not national. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Been a few decades right? |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
19. what would a one day national strike accomplish? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I referred to both MLK and Ghandi for a reason |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I could support a national ONE DAY strike for something like a strong public option |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. One day they can ignore you |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. If there were a one-day general strike where even 50% of the American non-medical |
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