Wednesday, May 1, 2013

May Day 2013: Fragile Economies, Aggressive Bosses and Struggling Workers

Click here to access article by Ingo Schmidt from The Bullet (Canada).
The fact that workers all over the world are paying the price for the capitalist crisis clearly indicates that unions and the working classes are still on the defensive. The discontent with neoliberalism, and capitalism more generally, however, is spreading. Resistance continues to pop up in new, unexpected locations almost weekly. Alternatives to austerity are in high demand and, indeed, alternatives to capitalism in any number of forms are gaining attention. And workers, increasing numbers of them unemployed and with precarious livelihoods, are willing to fight for them.