Strength on the picket lines was dwindling fast. Some of the more radical workers denounced the decision. Scattered pockets of resistance popped up around the county, but even the union bosses denounced it. The union was beat and they knew it. Any attempt at another general strike would be disastrous.
Workers couldn t trust the unions.
And the union couldn t afford another embarrassment. All of which may impact the November elections in California. If Republicans play their cards right, they could easily hang the union walkouts around the necks of every Democratic candidate financed by big labor. But that may be asking too much. Our editor Brent Barksdale takes Drudge to task on his new book, The Drudge Manifesto .