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Strike! with Jane McAlevey

The Dig

CHAPTER

Do You Think the Unions Are Going to Take Over?

In oakland, the reform caucus had taken over just six months before the strike. Unlike an l a, where the new more militant leadership had had years to build power and develop their membership. Did this difference shape the strikes outcomes? I read an article by daniel roland at commune which called oakland's a ambiguous victory because a contract that fell short of expectations approved by just 58 % of the union membership. Soi i actually think what they did was remarkable given the lack of time they had. And every time i hear some one spouting off, you know, some one ended a strike prematurely,. It's just generally wrong.

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