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Workers’ Only True Weapon
Strikes are essential for workers, which is why Cynthia Nixon pushed to legalize them for New York public-sector workers. That stance threatened bosses’ interests — which is why Andrew Cuomo, Bill de Blasio, and even some union leaders pushed to keep them illegal.