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Strike!
Last night on "All In" Chris Hayes covered the labor action taken by food service workers in New York yesterday, including interviews with two of the strikers. Despite working full time, these people are desperate.
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/all-in-/51435760#51435760
Chris also covered the decline in work stoppages as a tool used by labor. Wow.
As with so many problems in our Country, this can be traced to Ronald Reagan, in this case his firing of air traffic controllers who went on strike. Hey, who cares about sorting out incoming and outgoing aircraft when profits are at stake.
Perhaps it's time for more labor actions. Perhaps it's time for a general strike before the oligarchs take America back to the 19th century.
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