In the red heat of the greatest strike wave in 50 years, the Trade Union bosses
walk once again into a trap choreographed by the state and its capitalistmasters. ---- We warned about this in November when the RMT, without a mandatefrom its members, paused it's successfully mounting actions on the ‘promise' ofmeaningful talks. That con effectively bought a month's breathing space for thethen reeling rail industry. ---- In the state's latest trick to buy time fortraining up more army strike breakers and introducing a ‘sack not clap' essentialworkers bill, almost every active sector has found an open door for a cozy chatwith their respective government overlords. All later emerging claimingdisappointment or insult. ---- Both sides knew, the government had been veryclear, that only productivity, not wages, would be on the table. Howeverinsulted or disappointed union leaders profess to be, they have actively servedthe bosses propaganda agenda!The months of sacrifice by hundreds of thousands of workers hasn't been for theright to access the top table, but to win against the onslaught on ourcommunities, wages and terms and conditions. What the unions are demonstrating istheir inability, if not unwillingness, to meet the needs of our class.With a million workers predicted to be on strike by February, 2023 should be anew year of renewed commitment and militancy! Workers are clearly up to thetask, but their ‘representatives' are feeding the government narrative oflistening, caring but constrained by crises not of their making. A reason for usall to be quiet and on the same side - it worked so well when their hive queendied in September.Our eyes must remain on the prize despite the unions obsequious demonstrations ofweakness. We are in a unique situation. We are all being brought together notjust by assault but through our struggle against it.Everyone knows someone impacted by Covid, everyone knows someone who's too cold,everyone knows someone who's going hungry, and everyone knows someone striking orthinking about it.We are usually manipulated to not see how much we have in common. Now though,reality is asserting itself above the spin. We are not isolated individuals buta community of shared experience, need and action. Nothing in our response sayswe are failing or getting weaker. On the contrary, our community of resistanceand solidarity is growing.Every day of implied concession feeds our bosses, not us. The shamelessgroveling masquerade and humiliation of the organised Trade Union leadershipsshould be called out for what it is, cowardice bordering on collaboration, ineffect if not intent.More and more of our class are fighting back, each worker is recognising theirstruggle in their solidarity with another. The government is mobilising notconceding and will soon confront us with the challenge of criminality - where wedon't already face it through hunger and extortion.Trust your class, not your Union leaders with their eyes over their shoulders ontheir bureaucratic corporate interests. Spread the word, spread the struggle,spread the solidarity - build a unity of resistance in strength.By Dreyfushttps://anarcomuk.uk/articles/_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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