Teamsters Are Close to the Largest Strike in Decades
Teamsters Are Close to the Largest Strike in Decades
Today Teamsters are erecting practice picket lines as the July 31 expiration of their contract with UPS rapidly approaches. After negotiations broke down yesterday, the largest strike at a single employer in US history is a real possibility.
To everyone who likes to ask, when will there be a general strike in the US?:
There may never be a general strike in the US, at least not in the foreseeable future, akin to those as have been seen in other countries. Every country, every locale or society, has different conditions. US industry is massive and diverse. However, with the UAW and Teamsters becoming more active and bullish, and a variety of other militant or smaller unions also conducting their own strikes at overlapping time periods, and with a growing culture of class solidarity, a general strike, sure and steady, is ongoing and advancing across the US.