Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike

https://lemmy.world/post/37589798

Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike - Lemmy.World

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I’m dubious that a general strike is possible in the US. All of the other countries that have had massive strikes affecting large chunks of the market were driven by large unions. Our unions don’t have that sort of sway and they rarely help others to maximize their diminishing bargaining power with the ongoing degradation of workers rights. Importantly this also happens on the supply side, the consumer side will just buy it tomorrow instead usually. A day of no productivity has much bigger consequences.

That being said, I’ll definitely participate.

The article says that a 1947 law makes it almost impossible for unions to organize a general strike.
It’s preferable to break that anti-labour red scare law if it means avoiding the country getting to the point where civil war happens instead.