The UPS Strike That Was Not To Be

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John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted the following on Facebook:

We are seeing huge attacks on working class living standards and a rising mood of militancy arising from this. In this context, union structures wedded to rituals of class compromise are an impediment.

When, inevitably, an effort is made to impose settlements that fall short, it is imperative that the left speaks out clearly and critically. As with this article, rather than try and make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, we must seriously consider whether ground was won back and pose hard questions about how more could have been achieved.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/28/what-happened-to-the-big-ups-strike/?fbclid=IwAR3Gdf9L8n-WhVvGIl–p706HCHYQ1PVcoA-JpfzrEUov28LQUAniOigT84

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I come from a working-class background. My lost paid job was a teacher, substituting for a number of years before obtaining a permanent position. I obtained my doctorate in 2009. I am an unapologetic critic of capitalism and the way in which various institutions and ideologies reinforce it.

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