Thousands march to support Detroit newspaper workers by Pete Brown and Mark . . Thousands of workers and other activists marched in Detroit on June 21 in support of the struggle of the newspaper workers . That tens of thousands of workers showed up for the march demonstrates that the newspaper workers continue to enjoy sympathy and support among wide sections of the working class despite the bureaucratic strangling of their strike by the AFL-CIO leaders .
Union leaders destroy the strike .
The mild legalist tactics pursued by the union leaders hamstrung the newspaper workers' struggle from day one, nearly two years ago . Calling off the strike did not get the workers their jobs back . As of late June only a couple hundred had been called back . So the strike is now converted into a lockout . But the bureaucrats' lame tactics continued to dominate .