Here’s a sure-fire way for the Union protestors in Wisconsin to lose; implement these demands;
• No concessions
• For a $15 national minimum wage or $5 an hour wage increase whichever is greater
• For a massive program of infrastructure spending to create jobs
• A 30- hour workweek with no cut in pay
• End the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq—bring the troops home
• Free public education at all levels
• No foreclosures
• Organize the unorganized
• No support for Democrats or Republicans, build an independent mass working people’s party
Many of these demands are outlandishly unreasonable, especially when the first demand is “no concessions.” What’s the difference between organized labor demanding less work for the same pay and an employer demanding more work for the same pay?
Collective ‘bargaining’ indeed.