TechyDad@inquiline Meanwhile, the CEOs claim that they are invaluable to the company. If the CEOs were to "strike," how long would the company last before things ground to a halt? My guess is that the company would operate longer with the CEOs "striking" than with the workers striking.
eyajpng@TechyDad @inquiline My guess is that nobody would even notice the CEOs going on strike if they didn’t tell us (which of course they would, fuckers won’t shut up)
Jon (Snarf) Mason
Garden Punk@TechyDad @inquiline We actually know the answer to this. During Japan's post-war reconstruction, their labor movement was in a pickle. They couldn't be seen as impeding the reconstruction, so they invented the reverse strike. They ran the factory as usual and barred management from entry. They found that the longer these strikes lasted, the more desperate management became to settle because there was no noticeable drop in productivity. I don't remember much more about it, but if I see the video again, I'll post it.
@Capheind @inquiline I found this short article about it: http://www.crosscurrents.hawaii.edu/content.aspx?lang=eng&site=japan&theme=work&subtheme=UNION&unit=JWORK080
It looks like it's called "production control” or seisan kanri.
@Capheind @inquiline There's also this PDF.
Workers' control in early postwar Japan - Taylor & Francis Online https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14672715.1985.10409905
From my brief read, it sounds like American soldiers occupying Japan finally helped management get control of their facilities back (even though they were running just fine without management).
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MrCopilot
catch@Capheind @TechyDad @inquiline it's not really a reverse strike more like an occupation/self management. And it wasn't about PR but more due to profiteering and underproduction by the Zaibatsu companies. There's an excellent book Japanese Workers and the Struggle for Power by Joe Moore.
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PeachMcD@Capheind @TechyDad @inquiline
this is BEAUTIFUL! Please y'all, boost tf outa this idea
#ReverseStrike
Dr Dan Marshall@Capheind @TechyDad @inquiline Holy shit, that's beautiful. Like a white mutiny, but only with more English.
NemoBut, but, Ayn Rand said CEOs are the most important people ever and us peons should be grateful for the scraps they afford us!
Willow 
飛柳@TechyDad @inquiline I have to work with my CEO regularly (I report to him). When he's on vacation, the company runs so smoothly. Everyone wishes he was gone all the time. We'd actually be able to focus and do our jobs.