Comment on YSK that a general strike is one of the most effective ways to push for change. There is a general strike in the works across the US for this Friday.

• Scrollone@feddit.it ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m from Italy. Here general strikes are common.

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  • hector@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They should have a general strike demanding the right to general strikes.

    I don’t see how it’s enforceable, you don’t have to picket, just no one shows up for work at that same time, what are they going to do?

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  • philpo@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Technically they are not illegal here - they are just not protected under the (very strong) strike protection laws.

    So workers in Germany could go into general strikes but they would not be covered by strike law and therefore just absent from work. Which of course is an issue - but in case of a proper general strike, what are they gonna do, fire everyone? Especially in times when there are countless positions open?

    So one would only get into trouble work wise,but not otherwise - one would not get arrested, cannot get sued (besides a very limited scope worklaw wise),etc. Only certain kind of civil servants (similar but not as common as the Pubblico Impiego in Italy) will get in trouble if they go on strike. E.g. cops, fireman, teachers, municpial clerks (but not muncipial workers and not all kind of clerks),etc.

    Which I find somewhat fair as our strike protection laws are far reaching (afaik even a bit further than in Italy) and the employer is often as fucked by politics as the staff. So it’s a somewhat tradeoff I personally can live with. (Seen from my time as an employee. These days I am a small employer,but as left as ever,and from a employers point of view wouldn’t care to much - but the nature of my business supports it.)

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