http://youtu.be/c5fpeQzwUs0
What would it take to make that happen here?
Up to 2 million public sector workers participated in strike action on Thursday in a massive coordinated action against ‘poverty pay’, attacks on pensions, heavy workloads and workplace safety.
Picket lines were manned by trade unionist and supporters nationwide outside courts, council offices, job centers and fire stations, as well as outside the Houses of Parliament.
Thousands of people took part in marches and rallies in London and other UK cities. Meanwhile, hundreds of schools in England and Wales were forced to close or partially shut, as did many museums and libraries.
The action is the latest in opposition to a four-year public sector pay freeze, an austerity measure enforced at a time when the cost of living has risen substantially. The TUC estimates that public sector workers have been £2,500 worse off a year since 2010.
H/t Edward Tayter.
Would it matter if 2 million Americans went into the streets? That many people and more took to the streets in the US to tell Bush the Idiot not to attack Iraq. But the oligarchy (1%) went to war anyway. 80% of the American people want the minimum wage increased to $10.10. Crickets. The politicians long ago stopped listening to what the people wanted. They will do exactly what the oligarchy wants them to do. How many people in the United States, for example, want Obama to quit allowing Netanyahu to kill children in Gaza with Israeli bombs? Any?
An equivalent turnout in the US would be 10 million, since we have five times the UK’s population.
Good on them. Unfortunately, in keeping with media ownership by the 1%, strike coverage is buried under “Four signs your company is going down the drain,” “Is Brazil 2014 the best ever World Cup?,” and “Stars’ signs: Ten World Cup tattoos”