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.

• cristo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The reality for most people is that they can’t afford a strike. Rent, food, gas are all blockers. Criticizing those who can’t strike and aren’t scabs will only hurt your movement and cause people to just not want to help.

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  • lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    then join a union! they can supplement your pay when on strike.

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    • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m in a union (SEIU) and they are definitely not going to supplement my pay. Also- I do caregiving. I don’t know how it works to strike when my client would die if no one showed up. Work without clocking in? That seems counter productive…

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      • lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        medical fields usually have some sort of clause that prevents complete strike, like the postal service. you can still strike but in that case it’s without union authorisation.

        here the metalworker’s union is paying striking workers at tesla 125% of their regular salary and have the funds to continue doing that for about 200 years.

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    • SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The vast majority of Americans don’t have that option.

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      • lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        why not?

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    • cristo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It’s not that simple unfortunately. Sure there are national unions, but they’re very specific in the industries they operate it. They are long standing institutions with the influence and funding to boot, your local tenant union or random coffee shop “union” does not have the resources or influence to make any of that happen. I knew some people in FL who tried to unionize their coffee shop they worked for and the owners just straight up shut the business down instead of capitulating, they were all out of a job after that.

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      • lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        i mean national unions exist to strengthen the local chapters.

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• LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The reality for most people is if we went on strike we would be the only one at our job to do it and we would be reprimanded or fired.

  We all live paycheck to paycheck and if we miss a day of work then we don’t get paid and we can’t pay our bills and we die.

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