by Ken Paff
More than 100 Teamster drivers in Louisville, Kentucky, lost their jobs when employers colluded with a United Auto Workers local to oust them and sign a sweetheart deal.

read more (http://labornotes.org/blogs/2012/08/teamsters-lose-jobs-when-uaw-signs-sweetheart-deal)


More... (http://labornotes.org/blogs/2012/08/teamsters-lose-jobs-when-uaw-signs-sweetheart-deal)

What a mess, what a crying need for class consciousness.

How can we start thinking and acting as members of a class and not as individuals scraping for food in thunder dome?

More bitter fodder:


What's surprising about the strikes is the lack of solidarity from other CWA districts. CWA members at AT&T call centers in District 4 in the Midwest voluntarily took overtime to compensate for the missed work of those on strike.

“Here we have a situation where the same union is scabbing on itself. It's sort of surreal,” says Kieran Knutson, a call center worker in Minneapolis and a member of CWA Local 725.

http://www.thebellforum.com/showthread.php?t=79107

jesus christ. its like a microcosm of america.