A one day strike isn’t a strike, it’s a protest. Respect to these workers, but calling it a general strike like 🇺🇦 is just contributes to the mis-understanding of labor power. If all working Americans took a Friday off, the machine would go back to normal on Monday.
I agree with you conceptually but the workers and organizers called it a strike, so it’s not a mislabeling by the Ukraine-flag poster. The unions in India call one-day general strikes like this all the time.
I guess my issue is that strikes in labor specifically are designed to hurt companies by depriving them of their staff until demands are met. A one day seems to be more a venting of dissatisfaction than a strike, but hey, I’m not doing it
A one day strike isn’t a strike, it’s a protest. Respect to these workers, but calling it a general strike like 🇺🇦 is just contributes to the mis-understanding of labor power. If all working Americans took a Friday off, the machine would go back to normal on Monday.
I agree with you conceptually but the workers and organizers called it a strike, so it’s not a mislabeling by the Ukraine-flag poster. The unions in India call one-day general strikes like this all the time.
Then how do we distinguish between one day shows of dissatisfaction and indefinite actions designed to bring the system to its knees?
I don’t see why you wouldn’t call it a strike. The bosses aren’t making money that day, right?
I guess my issue is that strikes in labor specifically are designed to hurt companies by depriving them of their staff until demands are met. A one day seems to be more a venting of dissatisfaction than a strike, but hey, I’m not doing it