solidarity to russians

From Revleft.com:

Russian workers at a Ford factory near St. Petersburg have embarked on an historic strike.Nearly all strikes in Russia last a day or so, and then are called off. Labour laws in that country make it very difficult for workers to strike for more than a day.

But this one has gone on for several weeks as Ford refuses to engage in meaningful bargaining.Your thousands of messages of support have been a real boost to the workers -- but now they need something more.

We have learned that it costs US $20 per day to keep a Ford worker in Russia out on strike. The union is trying to pay 700 workers this amount every day. The union needs to come up with $14,000 every single day. That's a lot of money anywhere, but especially in a country like Russia.

There's a saying in the trade union movement -- something along the lines of we can win a strike if we can last one day longer than the boss.

That's what we need to do here. We need to help Ford workers last one day longer than the company, to keep the strike going on long enough to compel Ford to come to the bargaining table.If we do that, it will send shock waves through the Russian trade union movement. It will mean that this historic strike has led to a historic victory. Here's what I am asking us all to do:Let's raise at least $14,000 -- to keep the strike going that one extra day. Let us each donate at least US $20.00 -- more if you can -- to the Ford workers special fund we've set up. Every $20 pays for one worker to be on strike for one more day.We want the union to see exactly how much we have given in real time and to make the process as transparent as possible, which is why we're using Chipin.

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