The suppression of the strike based on court decisions continues the long record of the trade union officials in aiding the auto companies in cutting workers’ conditions and jobs.
The removal of the two leaders of United Auto Workers Local 677 demonstrates that Mack Trucks workers are looking ahead to their own contract battle in a year and a half with the intent to avoid a repeat of what happened at Volvo Trucks last year.
The task force proposals are all aimed at the strengthening of a labor police force, comprised of upper-middle class executives, to enforce the dictates of the ruling class.