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[–] 326 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I'm very glad to see that US workers finally start to make their voices heard on a meaningful scale!

And a little amused at the utter inability of managements to deal with a world in which "just boss the underlings around, because we can" isn't a viable tactic anymore.

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  • [–] 54 points 2 years ago

    It's giving me hope for the future of workers, I'm thinking of deeper effects strikes like this could have. Thousands of people going on strike, a lot of them likely for the first time. If these get results, thousands of people will know first hand the power of class-consciousness and collective action, without relying on voting or petitions but concrete action. It will inspire their views going forward and inspire other workers.

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  • [–] 249 points 2 years ago (14 children)

    Very happy to see workers from different industries finally standing up for their rights and forcing the companies to the negotiating table, and winning.

    Unions are awesome, and strikes work.

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  • [–] 88 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I used to truck drive for a while and if there is any industry that needs to stand up for themselves it is that on.

    I worked for Warner and the CEOs slogan was " You make less now to make more later" super dumb.

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    [–] 130 points 2 years ago (5 children)
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    kentucky truck refers to the ford plant in kentucky that makes a number of trucks for ford, mostly their commercial fleet, that accounts for around half of ford’s revenue

    the meaning here is that the kentucky truck plant has ceased operation as part of the strike

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    [–] 46 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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    [–] 26 points 2 years ago

    Too fucking right! Local 10 till I die!

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    Is there a way I can donate to a pool that directly helps striking workers? If there's not, is there a way to start a go fund me and hand control over to a union representative?

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    A-ha ! sounds good ! Did they seize the means of production or what ?

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  • [–] [S] 28 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's a little too far for America, unfortunately.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's way too far in any capitalist country. These shithead will send armies of cops if you do that.

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