Comment on Electoral politics doesn't get the job done
WagyuSneakers@lemmy.world 5 days agoI’m three years?
This has to be bait from the fascists. In three years you won’t be able to strike. What a stupid idea.
It might seem out there, maybe a little too late.
But, organizing these things, attracting people to it, raising funds, building up oversight; those things take time. A lot of time.
Just the ‘attracting people to it’ part is an almost impossible task. 40% of the American population can’t even be bothered to vote. They aren’t going to get up and protect their labor without a MASSIVE push.
It might seem way out there, but getting it at all would be triumphant and victorious.
Organizing a general strike is very difficult. You need to find a political position to rally behind and then build and maintain a huge network.
People will strike, if they feel if they feel it’s the only way.
Presuming there are still elections, this is basically calling for a general strike when it will have the most electoral weight. So, basically it comes down to whether or not you believe there will be another presidential election or if we’ll already be a fascist dictatorship by then.
hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
I work for a union that predates the NLRB. And it will continue even if its gone. Unions did strikes when they were illegal. The law just makes strikes more peaceful, which is generally better for everyone involved, but it’s not essential.
MajorHavoc@programming.dev 4 days ago
Yep! Peaceful legal strikes are a privilege that our ruling class currently benefits from. Everyone is better off if the ruling class remembers that.
Civil unrest needs outlets. Legal ones are a great tool.