The mood of the workers was
very militant and it is quite clear that they are willing to remain on the
picket lines for as long as it takes to win. Terry McDonald, a member of the
Oshawa Local's bargaining committee, told Fightback, "We're right.
We're going to stay as long as it takes for them to realise that."
While at the Madrid
Book Fair to launch his latest book, "Reformism or Revolution" Alan Woods was
interviewed by the comrades of El Militante and explained that, "The Venezuelan
Revolution (...) is not yet finished and cannot be finished unless the landlords
and capitalists are expropriated and the workers take power into their own
hands."
The closure of the GM's Oshawa plant announced on June 3rd,
with the loss of 2600 jobs, is a slap in the face to auto workers everywhere.
The reaction of the workers has been a militant one. Canadian Auto Workers
activists blockaded GM headquarters in Oshawa,
refusing to let managers in until they sit down and talk with union leaders. At
the time of writing, the blockade is still up.