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Then Finnish center-right government has made it illegal for unions to organise collective strikes
https://new.industriall-union.org/finnish-government-restricts-right-to-strike
As well as eroding workers right protection and abolishing union membership tax benefits
US MAGA populism knock-on effect
Feels like there's no solidarity in the US. Partly because many people are barely holding on paying for food, shelter, and health. But even among the wealthier people I know (mostly tech workers), they don't seem to care about or understand politics, or anything beyond "did you see the new iPhone?"
i mean tech workers have some of the highest guaranteed pay in the us. that's why.
Beyond just financial concerns, there is just an overwhelming dread to it all that not everyone can handle. Especially when the person is a parent. A lot of people I know feel like they're going to have a mental breakdown if they closely follow politics. It's too much stress on top of the stress of work and parenting.
It's all by design.
If Ameri-cunts weren't so self-absorbed and narrow minded, they could do the same.
General strike is one year overdue.
Citizens are literally being shot in the face in the middle of a street and they're still not doing much more than marching in the streets to "protest" and issuing "slamming" statements on social media.
They still haven't learned from their no kings march that it has absolutely zero effect on the current administration. Trump will just create a new AI vid of him taking a shit on all the "protesters" and move on to bomb another country or fuck another child.
What's that saying - repeating the same actions and expecting a different outcome is the definition of insanity.
The people who would make a difference striking are those that literally can't afford to do so. People are already turning to food banks when they're making as much money as they're able to.
Those of us who have enough of a financial cushion to take time off of work don't have any example of how doing so would matter, or how it would do anything but cause themselves more of a future inconvenience.
Let's say for example a dentists office joins the strike, what impact has it made other than overbook them after the strike ends? There is no structure to organize something on the scale that is needed to make an impact, no method of communication between people that can be trusted and wouldn't put a target on them to be labeled as dissidents. There is no figurehead attempting to organize a general strike. There was no meaningful media coverage of the largest protest marches in US history.
Everybody I know wants to do something more, but doesn't have an example of how to do it in a country so geographically spread out. I live in California, going to DC is a 5 hour plane flight and would also require a hotel stay. Even driving to my state capital is an 8 hour car trip (or a 13 hour disjointed series of alternating busses and trains).
Right?
It's all "oh but if we get violent, he'll impose martial law and they'll be kicking in doors, arresting us at home, and shooting us in the street" as if it's not already literally fucking happening.
And if that's your take, why the fuck aren't you doing the next best thing? Instead they dress up in costumes and hold signs, as if that'll do anything ever. "Oh it's okay, we're going to flip the midterms and it'll be fine without me having to suffer even the slightest"
I don't know which strike this refers to, but it sounds credible. Supporting strikes and even politicians resigning isn't all that uncommon, although a single strike would not be the only reason.
At the same time, we have the second highest unemployment rate in Europe and 15 years of economic stagnation.
This shouldn't be taken as an anti-union or anti-worker stance though. The problem is that countries with good worker rights, strong social security and regulation need to compete against countries that don't, putting them at a disadvantage.
I wouldn't mind the Finnish system everywhere, even if it meant much reduced growth globally.
I assume it's this one based on the '700' figure for postal workers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Finnish_postal_strike
And agreed. Economic growth should never be the goal but rather to provide and care for people.
Wont somebody think about the shareholders?
That's the one.