• ikidd@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    General strikes accomplish a fuck of a lot more in a shorter amount of time. When the owners of the administration can’t get their poptarts to the stores to be sold, the bank calls their loans and shit gets real.

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      9 hours ago

      Right after Covid ended, the nurses in the NYC hospitals decided that after being so heroic for over a year, they deserved raises, and some other benefits. The hospitals flat-out refused anything.

      The nurses went on strike. Within 72 hours, every single one of their demands was met, including a fat raise.

      Unions and strikes work.