Don't forget -- the GOP outlawed general strikes (they thought) with Taft - Hartley

[villager]

..which would make the occurrence of one all the more... delicious!:

" It’s important to note that this is just a threat and not actually going out on a general strike. Under the Taft-Hartley Act a general strike in support of other workers is illegal; therefore the key word is the phrase “begin educating affiliates and members on the organization and function of a general strike”. In addition, only individual unions, not the central labor federation has the ability to call a strike.

"Many private sector unions would not go out on a general strike out of fear of being of sued by their employers. However, local labor observers say many public sector unions and some of the construction unions would go out on a strike."

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/02/22/wisconsin-unions-preparing-for-a-general-strike

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Yep, we have had no wild cat strikes in a few

generations, we are entering uncharted territory, in the current era.