[Marxism] Further thoughts on the British refinery strike

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This is no doubt this is causing a crisis for 'the left' in Britain and 
the UK. It's also causing a crisis for the union movement and the 
question of workers solidarity.

Again, this situation is almost unique to Europe that I'm aware of since 
it's temporary non-native labor, not immigrant labor, generally, which 
is a world wide phenomenon.

I would be more sympathetic to these strikers if they had gone out on 
strike over the issue of non-union, lower-wage contractors in Britain 
which is a *regular problem* there, and, almost everywhere there is a 
unionized work force up against increasing unemployment. In other words, 
these workers picked Italian nationals to be pissed at, and, the British 
government for allowing this to happen under EU rules (which permits 
this) instead of the *greater* threat of mass unemployment and the use 
of non-union, *British* contractors who exist all over the UK and are 
growing in percentage.

But these refinery workers did not. And therein lies a problem.

David