In Solidarity Ve Remember
1985 1985-02Read it in the scan (PDF at ETOL), page 1 →
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Trade unionists march in Rodeo, Calif., on Jan. 19 to commemorate the death of a striker killed by scabs in January 1984. The Rodeo oil workers were among the many union locals who fought back against the employer Last year the labor movement negotiated the lowest wage increases in 17 years. In 1985 contracts will come due for over 4 million workers. The labor solidarity demonstrated in the Rodeo strike and memorial indicates the way forward for working people this year. More on this story, see page 4. offensive. Socialist Action/Joe Ryan The Soviets broke off talks with the United States more than a year ago when the U.S. government began deploying Pershing 2 and cruise missiles in Europe. The United States is still deploying the missiles, driving forward with its war in Central America, and seeking to expand potential battlefields into space itself. The Reagan administration is thus encouraged that the Soviets' decision to resume talks marks a more compliant posture toward the swelling militarism of U.S. foreign policy.
The Soviets, in turn, hope that negotiating a new arms control agreement (continued on page 10, in “Helping to build the April 20 antiwar actions”)