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| Militant/Mitchel Rosenberg |
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NORWOOD, Pa. — Osborne Hart, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, addressed members of Steelworkers Local 10-1 before their monthly business meeting here Sept. 17. Most are oil workers at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery. Hart and John Staggs, SWP candidate for City Council at-large, were invited to talk more over pizza after the meeting.
“We are both Walmart workers fighting for $15 an hour and a union,” Hart said. “The Democrats and Republicans have no solution to the economic crisis caused by the capitalist class. Workers need a labor party based on the unions to fight in our interests.” “Our campaign has picketed with Steelworkers locked out by Allegheny Technologies Inc. and those resisting steep concession demands from bosses at U.S. Steel and ArcelorMittal,” he said. “And we have joined other unionists in protests against cop brutality and for the historic victory in bringing down the Confederate battle flag over the state Capitol in South Carolina.” “I like that they’re Walmart workers involved in trying to change things,” Local 10-1 member Jim Perry said afterward. “I’m glad they are on the ballot. I’ve told people for years it’s not a wasted vote when you vote for a third party in your interests.” |
| — MITCHEL ROSENBERG |