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United States Broad Mass Movement of Strikes Underway
In many ways they are expressing the need for a new direction for the economy that provides for rights, including safe conditions for all, wages, benefits and pensions acceptable to the workers themselves. These belong to workers by right and as the producers, workers are not a cost, as the oligopolies claim, but the creators of wealth. Workers along with those they serve, are standing up for rights in a situation where the oligopolies persist in their anti-social offensive. We applaud all these efforts and stand as one with all those engaged in these battles. Below are summaries of some of these battles. Workers at scores of smaller facilities have been or are still on strike. For a complete list of all current and recent worker strikes in the United States, click here. To send messages of support or to contribute materially in some way, contact the union locals on strike.
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Across the U.S., workers in many industries and
services are striking to defend their rights and the rights of those
they serve. They are rejecting demands for yet more concessions and
affirming their experience that 