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SOCIALIST ACTION OCTOBER 1989 how his rent was suddenly raised from $365 to $650 per month. Unable to afford the exorbitant hike, he was forced to vacate his apartment-which was immediately rented to six scabs. Isn't that a form of violence, when a corporation takes away workers' jobs and kicks them out of their homes?
Labor leaders hold back support While labor officials throughout the state recognize the crucial importance of this strike, they have given it very little concrete support.
The strike against Boise's scab operation began in July, when 150 union members walked off the site. Instead of mobilizing organized labor throughout the state to shut down the site, the Iron Range Building Trades Council and the Minnesota AFL-CIO decided not to sanction the strike-forcing it into a "terrorism."
The strategy of the Building Trades Council and the state AFL-CIO has been to concentrate all their "efforts" on begging Democratic Gov. Rudy Perpich and the Democratic-controlled state legislature to intervene on labor's side.
They've launched a lobbying campaign to urge state lawmakers to revoke a $16 million tax giveaway they had granted to Boise as a bribe to encourage its expansion in Minnesota. They've also asked the politicians to modify state apprenticeship regulations, to make it more difficult for Boise to use non-union labor.
This strategy of reliance on Democratic politicians is destined to fail. In 1986, Gov. Perpich called in 800 National Guard troops to smash the nationally prominent Hormel P9 strike in Austin, Minn. That act helped Boston P.O. Box 1046 GMF Boston, MA 02205 (617) 497-0230 Chicago P.O. Box 578428 Chicago, IL 60657 (312) 327-5752 Cincinnati P.O. Box 21015 Cincinnati, OH 45219 (513) 272-2596 Where Baltimore Cleveland P.O. Box 16005 P.O. Box 6151 Baltimore, MD 21218 Cleveland, OH 44101 (216) 429-2167 Detrolt P.O. Box 32546 Detroit, MI 48232 Los Angeles P.O. Box 862014 Los Angeles, CA 90086-2014 (213) 250-4608 For information in othe cities call 415-821-04: Minneapolis P.O. Box 14087 Dinkeylown Station Minneapolis, MN 55414 New York P.O. Box 20209 Ca. Finar 693 Columbus Ave. New York, N.Y. 10025 San Francisco 3435 Army St., Suite 308 San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 821-0458 Santa Barhara P.O. Box 90644 Santa Barbara, CA 93190 (805) 962-4011