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AFA-CWA president Sara Nelson is calling for a general strike (www.work-bites.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If there was ever time in US history, it would be now

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Shut the airports down!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nelson made her comments following the Department of Homeland Security announcement on Friday that it is stripping Transportation Safety Administration [TSA] workers of their collective bargaining rights.

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They came for the trade unionists, and I ___ speak out.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

Precisely. I'm 100% against the TSA as an agency, but I'll still defend the workers and their collective bargaining rights.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Big talk. Let's see some ground level unionizing first.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The AFA is currently running the largest certification election within transportation in American history.