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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Coordinating committee in Wisconsin to contact the European unions on general strikes

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A coordinating committee is being formed in Wisconsin to contact the European unions with experience conducting general strikes

From: Larry Miller’s blog:

Larry miller is a member of ReThinking Schools and is a school union director in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
STEVEN VERBURG | Posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2011
The 97-union South Central Federation of Labor of Wisconsin is laying groundwork for a general strike if Gov. Scott Walker succeeds in enacting legislation that would strip most bargaining rights from most public employee unions.
Federation president Jim Cavanaugh said Tuesday that he couldn’t predict how many unions might take part in a strike, but opposition to Walker has