By Matthew Vadum ——Bio and Archives--May 10, 2009
American Politics, News | CFP Comments | Reader Friendly | Subscribe | Email Us
These days between May day and Mothers’ day, it seems the perfect moment to suggest a little something for moms from the labor movement–a strike. That’s right, I want mothers everywhere to walk off the job, excepting single moms who are essential workers. For at least 24 hours, or as long as you can hold out, I want everyone to stop making breakfast-lunch-and-dinner and loading the dishwasher. Stop matchmaking socks without soul-mates. Stop combing tangles and playing lego. [...]The suggestion by Cross for a little bit of political theater at home might have been intended as a joke, but the various liberal and radical allies of MomsRising are no joke. The “aligned organizations” it identifies on its website include: AFL-CIO, ACORN, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), Families USA, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), MoveOn.org, National Organization for Women (NOW), Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California (PPAC), Progressive States Network, Roosevelt Institution, and Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
View Comments
Matthew Vadum, matthewvadum.blogspot.com, is an investigative reporter.
His new book Subversion Inc. can be bought at Amazon.com (US), Amazon.ca (Canada)
Visit the Subversion Inc. Facebook page. Follow me on Twitter.