Robert ReichDec 31, 2022

If this year taught us anything, it's that:

1) Workers keep America going, not billionaires.
2) Corporate profits don't trickle down to workers.
3) Poverty is a policy choice.
4) Health care is a human right.
5) Strikes work.

I hope we act on these lessons in the new year.

Show threadDavid
@rbreich Strikes may work, unless you are a railroad worker
Jan 1, 2023 at 2:04amWeb
Show threadKarl Morant 🇨🇦  🖖Jan 1, 2023

@davidpaige @rbreich

All workers have the choice to withhold labour.

Show threadDavidJan 1, 2023
@karlmorant @rbreich Congress, of course, has the ability to take away that choice, and has done so for railroad workers, forcing them work under contract terms being rejected by the union members. So, let’s dispense with the idea that all workers have that choice. Such superlatives like all are often incorrect or misinformation.
Show threadKarl Morant 🇨🇦  🖖Jan 1, 2023

@davidpaige @rbreich

Nobody in the US is forced to work.

Show threadDavidJan 1, 2023
@karlmorant @rbreich see, you are using those superlatives which are frequently wrong or even misinformation. (I recommend you refrain from using them.) Some people say prisoners are required to work against their will. Workers under the recent law from Congress must work, they have lost their choice not to work, unless they resign. There is some truth to your statement, but also disinformation.
Show threadsu_liamSep 12, 2025
@karlmorant @davidpaige @rbreich Unless they do it en masse, it’s irrelevant. That’s why union busting was so important to the fascist program. Everybody walking out is power. One guy walking out is a joke.
Show threadsu_liamSep 12, 2025
@davidpaige @rbreich Unless violations of Taft-Hartley are widespread. This country country needs wildcat strikes, it needs solidarity strikes. This country needs civil disobedience on a mass scale.
Fuck Taft-Hartley. Fuck Congress.