According to Hargrove unions will have to fight their battles on their home turf to protect jobs and workers rights. We have to fight nationally. All of us have to fight nationally to defend the interests of our members, our families and the communities that we are in. Then we have to share that information. The sharing of information on what it takes to have a victory and also to share the information when we are defeated.
People learn from mistakes that others have made.
But I am an optimist. I still believe that in spite of this, we've been through a period where government's of all political stripes have turned more power over to the corporations. I sense a shift out there, certainly in Canada, where people are saying they want more democratic control. They want more input over their lives. The people in St. Catharines Ontario, in the middle of Canada's auto industrial area are fighting back.