1-day gen.strike London,Canada (fwd)

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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 11:11:22 -0600 (CST)
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Subject: 1-day gen.strike London,Canada (fwd)



Marc, "the Chegitz," Luzietti
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"Gas! GAS! Quick boys!--an ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone was still yelling out and stumbling,
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime . . .
Dim, through the misty panes and the thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning."

>From "Dulce Et Decorum Est," written sometime between Oct. 1917 & March
1918, by Wilfred Owen, killed in the last week of WWI.


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Date: 05 Dec 1995 00:52:45
From: bh295@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: 1-day gen.strike London,Canada

From: bh295@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Lee Murray)

1-DAY GENERAL STRIKE LONDON ONTARIO DEC.11

A one-day General Strike in the city of London, Ontario is planned
for Monday December 11, 1995.  This move is led by Canadian Auto
Workers union, as the most powerful private sector union in Ontario,
and is said to be well supported by public service unions and by the
rank and file generally.

It is said that there are 65,000 union members in London, which is
a city of about half a million population (I'm guessing).  At least
100 busloads of union members and supporters from other parts of the
province are planning to be there for the rallies and mass pickets.

This London strike is planned as the first in a series of rotating
one-day strikes in different cities.  Support actions will occur
in other places.

These rotating strikes are supported by most of the union leadership
in the province,  as a means to protest government anti-labor laws,
layoffs, and undermining of wages by cutting of social programs.
The urban general strikes are the strongest action seen here in
many years by trade unions.

It is said that the leadership of United Steelworkers and United
Food and Commercial Workers are opposed to general strikes, and
are focusing on the next election (1998?) and the NDP party as
the solution.

Health and daycare workers unions, facing large cuts, are mobilizing
with large public support.

CAMPAIGN FOR A (BIGGER) GENERAL STRIKE

Meanwhile, rank and file union members and supporters are growing
a movement for a larger provincial or national general strike
with larger demands.

Several thousand signs, buttons and leaflets have been distributed
in Ontario in recent weeks calling for an indefinite shut down to
roll back the cuts to social programs and improve benefits for
workers.  Activists are spreading the campaign to other union
members, student activists are also involved as well as unemployed.

The campaign is mostly self-financed as picket signs and buttons
are sold for $1 each,  indicating the widespread support for the
idea.
The trade union leaders, however, are not yet supporting the call
for a larger general strike.  A CUPE Health union local in Ottawa
has endorsed it  (CUPE has more autonomy for local groups than
most trade unions.)  Ottawa IWW branch is supporting the campaign.

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CLM/Ottawa
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