Reverend Al, what this situation calls for is a flanking maneuver. We need to provide support to the Unions by leveraging the resources of Social Media to create a Labor Party. We need to have Worker Representatives elected directly to office at the local, state and national level. Never has it been easier to organize Americans into such an endeavor, and, let's be frank, because of the DLC, Blue Dog, and New Democrats the Democratic Party is conflicted when it comes to the Labor Movement, even though they rely heavily on boots on the ground from Unions to win elections for them. I think the rise of a Labor Party Movement would force the Democrats off the fence, and make them commit to Workers Rights, or reveal their Corporatist ways to the American people.
It isn't a far fetched idea to create a Labor Party, I think there are tens of millions of disaffected working Americans who would gravitate to a Labor Party if they felt it really had fire in its belly to get things done.
Progressives should ponder this option seriously, because the Unions are only capable if so much at this point and they need backup from America's Workers committed to an American Labor Party.
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