Transatlantic solidarity
[Change to Win - Founding Convention]
Several delegates have gotten up to speak about the struggle to unionize bus drivers in the US who are employed by a British-based company, First Group/First Student. Now they are showing a film with British workers -- members of the Transport and General Workers Union -- expressing their solidarity. The Teamsters and SEIU have been working together very closely on this campaign, and you can find more details here: http://www.drivingupstandards.org/
It's great to see a concrete example of cross-border solidarity, or as Andy Stern says, "workers of the world unite" (or was that Karl Marx?).
Comments
Yes Yes Eric - Workers of the World Unite is still an important slogan to organise around
My question from Down Under - what real discussion was there about Global Partnerships.
How will CTW be different from AFL-CIO in its international work?
We know the AFL-CIO's international work has been sullied by its attitude of being ever-ready to be a front for the CIA.
How can we be assured CTW will not be captured by the spooks?
How will they keep to a progressive agenda which does not patronise other union traditions?
Posted by: Andrew Casey | September 28, 2005 12:33 AM
Just a factual note - Transport & General Workers local negotiators have just succeeded in getting a much improved agreement for drivers with First here in Suffolk, after a one-week strike which brought the company to its senses.
Posted by: Sandy Martin | September 28, 2005 11:04 AM