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Trump ending collective bargaining for federal workers: Canadian remembers their own wildcat strike of 1965, which ultimately secured collective bargaining rights for public sector employees (beige.party)

submitted 1 week ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/iwwunion@lemmy.ml

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

You had company towns, where everyone was in debt to the company store and so your neighbors shared the same gripe against the boss. And the boss didn’t live too far away, since jets didnt exist.

Now your neighbor works for a different company, and your boss is 1000 miles away.