General Strike By Americans

[bdamomma]

would this help and overall strike to counteract this government shutdown.

Feedback please. I am not promoting this.

[TEB]

1. I'm in

I’m all in union proud let’s teach orange idiot a lesson shut it down

[WillowTree]

2. When was the last time Americans got behind a general strike?

That should give you your answer.

[bdamomma]

3. found this

When was the first labor strike in America?
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 -- U.S. railroad workers began strikes to protest wage cuts. It started in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and then spread to many other states. A general strike halted the movement of U.S. railroads. In the following days, strike riots spread across the United States.

Timeline of labor issues and events - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_labor_issues_and_events

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When was the last general strike?
The strike was called one minute before midnight on Monday 3 May 1926 by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in sympathy with the 1.2 million coal miners who had been locked out of the pits after a dispute with company bosses.Sep 26, 2018

[Firestorm49]

4. Actually, not a bad idea.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. I wish people would learn more about what strikes are, how difficult they are to organize and

maintain (and why they are), the effort it takes to get one local to go out on strike and the absurd scale that would be necessary to get "Americans" as a whole to do so, before they start saying, "hey, general strike?" Withholding labor is undoubtedly one of the most powerful things a worker can do. But the mobilization effort and support it requires makes it very, very difficult. Strikes tear apart communities and sometimes families. For unions, they are a last desperate resort, not something to be taken lightly.

[bdamomma]

6. thank you for your response

we are in a tough situation but then again McConnell can end this shutdown.

[edhopper]

7. We just don't do this

I would love to see it, but doubt it could ever happen.

[duforsure]

8. I've stopped buying anything

I can until the russian agent(s) are out of the White House.

[2naSalit]

9. I'm in a food and needed mainatainance only mode

Have been for over two years now. If I hadn't been awarded SSDI last spring, I'd be dead by now.

[KPN]

10. A better idea is for all airlines to go on

strike effectively themselves by shutting down/grounding all their flights. Given the very real concerns re: air travel safety arising out of the shutdown, you would think such a drastic action could be politically justifiable.

Now that would end the shutdown pronto.

Chance of it happening. I’d be lying if I didn’t say ZERO ... but, it’s a great fantasy nonetheless.