#GeneralStrike2026
this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2026
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Strikes are organized through unions not hashtags.
We don't have unions anymore. Reagan busted them.
All we can do is rebuild.
Not an American, what happened? How does a president just remove unions?
It wasn't so much remove them as fire anyone who went on strike...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Professional_Air_Traffic_Controllers_Organization_strike
He also fucked up education funding for the entire country.
because the "land of the free and the home of the brave" turned out to be just another marketing phrase… America is full of meek sheep waiting for someone else to solve their problems
The unions are forbidden from organizing general strikes. They can organize a strike from their own ranks, but that’s it.
A general strike has to come from somewhere else.
Reference: https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/can-you-join-a-national-general-strike/#h-can-a-union-organize-a-general-strike
Presidents are forbidden from carrying out acts of war without congressional approval, yet look where we are. Why must we be bound by the law when they are not?
The president has already captured the only authorities that could check him: the judicial and congressional branches of government.
That is why he is not being bound by laws.
Until Unions can claim the same, they are vulnerable.
I’m not saying I like it. Just that these are the facts.
I don’t disagree! I’m just stating why unions haven’t done more already.
General strikes don't require you to be in a union. They do require a larger amount of organizing than simply having a lot of the workforce in unions though so...
Strikes require unity across a workforce.
If some workers in a local context work instead of participating in a strike, then the business is not pressured to acquiesce, and the sacrifice is in vain.
Striking in any case results in lost pay, which promotes fear and threatens survival. Solidarity improves morale and saves lives.
Fostering unity and solidarity is among the essential functions of a union.
Hashtags as a means of communication are still a viable method of organization.