Ultras and leftcoms in unions are hard to work with. Luckily(?), they don’t last long.
Go on strike with small union presence, maybe half of which actually joins the action, if you’re fortunate.
Win something.
The ultras and left coms leave because the strike didn’t lead to twenty-third century fully automated luxury communism. Then they cross the picket line the next time the union takes action and sneer at the striking workers for their betrayal.
Alternatively, they stay in the union and accept no compromises because nothing but full capitulation of the bourgeoisie is good enough. Then proceed to make empty statements about never surrendering, undermining every plan that might build some of the solidarity necessary to achieve exactly that.
Worse than liberals. Worse than neoliberals, who sometimes join unions and sometimes even pickets. And those that don’t are happy to be consistently against unions, so at least you know what they’re up to. Maybe I’m just bitter.
Advice: if you spot ultra or leftcom in a union, try to make them see things from a proper historical materialist viewpoint before the striking kicks off.
Ultras and leftcoms in unions are hard to work with. Luckily(?), they don’t last long.
Go on strike with small union presence, maybe half of which actually joins the action, if you’re fortunate.
Win something.
The ultras and left coms leave because the strike didn’t lead to twenty-third century fully automated luxury communism. Then they cross the picket line the next time the union takes action and sneer at the striking workers for their betrayal.
Alternatively, they stay in the union and accept no compromises because nothing but full capitulation of the bourgeoisie is good enough. Then proceed to make empty statements about never surrendering, undermining every plan that might build some of the solidarity necessary to achieve exactly that.
Worse than liberals. Worse than neoliberals, who sometimes join unions and sometimes even pickets. And those that don’t are happy to be consistently against unions, so at least you know what they’re up to. Maybe I’m just bitter.
Advice: if you spot ultra or leftcom in a union, try to make them see things from a proper historical materialist viewpoint before the striking kicks off.