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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/59378754
The calls for a nationwide (US) shutdown this Friday (Jan 30) are growing louder
honestly where the fuck r the unions? we need them
this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2026
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literally illegal in the US for unions to call for a general strike, its insane
It is and I wasn't saying this in expectation of them calling for a strike right out of left field like this but unions have political weight and i haven't seen any union leaders stepping up and speaking out in a meaningful way.
They were captured decade ago, first by organized crime and then by the industries. Unions have never modernized for the digital age.
There has also been a huge, prolonged campaign of union busting specifically to weaken their power in these political scenarios
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Unions are made of normal people and the normal US citizen pretends to be a millionaire thus doesn't need to be in a union.
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In my area the only union jobs are government employees and a few contractors that contract with the government. My wife has a union job but they're almost impossible to get. I've never been able to land one.
In my area the only union jobs
what you do is join a union independently of your job
I'm curious what made US companies that much more successful at destroying unions than the companies in my home, Denmark. It's not like companies weren't trying their hardest to fight unions in the early 1900's. People died at the strikes and protests.
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Even if the unions aren't involved, this is a walkout/boycott, not a general strike.
There need to be actual demands before life returns to normal for the government to feel actual pressure.
I'm all for protesting in any way possible but a general strike in three days seems really ambitious. Most strikes take months to arrange since people will need to stock up on food and household items or they risk the strike ending before the strikers get their demands.
These kinds of strikes are intended to be short term, it's a single day strike. It's not about stopping work until demands are met, yet. It's about proving to those in charge that there are enough people in agreement that the next step will be much more costly if things don't change.
Sometimes they are smart enough to get the message, other times they either think they're smarter because they are narcissistic or inherently will win because of money.
At this level though if you actually manage to coordinate an effective strike day, what you usually end up with is hundreds or thousands of smaller organizations that can't survive and prolonged strike siding with the strikers and getting changes made, because the cockweasels at the top still rely on the smaller companies they stepped on to get there.
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It's planned for one day which sounds less than useless. Only sustained strikes and protests are effective.
A one day general strike across the US would be an amazing achievement. If we can pull that off it's a great place to start. Would a more sustained effort have to be planned? Probably, but being able to achieve this shows that the people are serious about this and the threat of a more sustained strike can be taken seriously.
This. Don't forget how uncultured civil action is in the US. They literally replaced it by 2A. Buy a gun and ammo, and you never have to protest. A one day general strike would bring awareness to the OPTION of civil action to way more than we care to admit.
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