Of course, where we are in America today, this will not happen. Nevertheless I am stunned by how little I have seen done or written to show solidarity with the 800,000 workers who are being held hostage, having their wages withheld and being forced to work without pay.
As I write this not one recommended story on DK meets this issue head on. That is not to criticize fellow Dems for espousing their views, but I do think we have lost sight of what it means to be a progressive in America. We are drinking right wing kool aid in not showing solidarity with our fellow workers. Unions and the very idea of concerted action are at a low ebb. It is time that we turn this mournful anti-labor tide around.
These people, the 800,000 hostages, are our employees. We stand by and let them make the unwanted sacrifice while we do nothing but talk. Our inaction toward our fellow workers and employees shows the workers who have drifted right over the last twenty years that we really don’t care about them. No wonder we lose in states like mine, Ohio.
Certainly Nancy and Chuck are right to deny negotiations while our fellow workers are denied the dignity of pay for their work. We need to help them by showing that we will not stand by and accept the status quote. Action must be taken.
Give money, give food, write your pathetic Congressman/woman, talk to your neighbor, march—DO SOMETHING. If Joe Hill never died, as my favorite song says, then it is time we got off our butts and show our ineffective Congress and corrupt President that we mean business—and not big business—but the business of showing that we are all in this together. And will hold Trump McConnell and their lackeys that we will hold them accountable
So I’ll say it again—we should do everything up to and including a general strike. It’s not too late to act now. Some day it will be.
