People across various industries are taking industrial action this month. Rail and road workers will be engaged in a series of strikes as will postal workers. Nurses and ambulance teams have announced multiple strikes, civil servants plan to walk out, and teachers and firefighters are currently balloting their members on strike action.
It’s great to see this kind of solidarity among workers after years of putting up with the bosses’ crap. Capitalism screws workers, and workers should retaliate if they can. Whether it’s official or unofficial, legal or illegal, the strike weapon is perfectly legitimate if it’s to improve or defend working conditions, and if it is democratically decided and run by those involved.