Thousands of teachers, bus drivers, and other school employees across West Virginia defied union and government orders for a “cooling off” period and returned to the state capitol on Wednesday 28th Feb as strikes and protests continued. Moreover, it appears that many school sites will remain on strike on Thursday 1st March, as the strike grows more and more into the hands of the workers themselves. This post first appeared on It's Going Down.
Instead of seeing Democrats and union bureaucrats as friends, rank-n-file workers are seeing these ‘representatives’ instead as people who want to contain and manage their struggle. In turn, the rank-n-file is taking control of the strike and making decisions themselves.
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