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applegrove

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30. You are fighting for your country. And your life. They should understand.

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #29)

Thu Jun 28, 2018, 12:26 AM

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Can someone explain a "general strike" to the self-employed? [View all] jberryhill Jun 2018 OP

If you don't want to join, just say so and be done with it. ret5hd Jun 2018 #1

And tell those dialysis patients to just hold it in for another day jberryhill Jun 2018 #5

Just say "No not me" and stop whining. ret5hd Jun 2018 #7

How about you fallout87 Jun 2018 #16

Just say no. I don't see what you're going on and on about. ret5hd Jun 2018 #17

Nobody is whining. NurseJackie Jun 2018 #26

You work for the man, so strike against yourself! ProudLib72 Jun 2018 #2

Which man would that be? jberryhill Jun 2018 #3

You! You tha "man"! ProudLib72 Jun 2018 #4

Okay jberryhill Jun 2018 #10

Wouldn't that just be you refusing to work under the market rate anymore for a service? joshcryer Jun 2018 #6

Well it would certainly mean other people losing their rights jberryhill Jun 2018 #11

I think the judge would just send you to jail for contempt... joshcryer Jun 2018 #12

It's an obsolete idea, at least in the US PSPS Jun 2018 #8

Wildcat strikes are illegal in the US, banned since the NLRA was created in '35. joshcryer Jun 2018 #13

Unions ( as an organization) are. Members can do what they want ret5hd Jun 2018 #20

Not sure that is accurate there two different variations of a wildcat srike standingtall Jun 2018 #22

Therin lies the rub. joshcryer Jun 2018 #24

What no one has ever explained is how to get Americans to actually go on a General Strike... Hekate Jun 2018 #9

You just get fired if you strike. joshcryer Jun 2018 #14

You know why teachers have good unions? jberryhill Jun 2018 #18

Yeah, but now they don't gotta pay dues. joshcryer Jun 2018 #21

Pretty much what I thought. In the 21st Century, there is no job security and workers ... Hekate Jun 2018 #23

How do you convince Republicans to go on strike?????? LeftInTX Jun 2018 #35

In general jberryhill Jun 2018 #15

You may be interested in "Comparisons in Labor Law: Sweden and the United States" joshcryer Jun 2018 #25

I'm retired. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2018 #19

Just don't shop. applegrove Jun 2018 #28

Maybe the self employed like that pre-existing conditions are covered under applegrove Jun 2018 #27

Certainly. jberryhill Jun 2018 #29

You are fighting for your country. And your life. They should understand. applegrove Jun 2018 #30

Explain this to me like I'm five years old jberryhill Jun 2018 #31

It is a strike for a day. It is the principle. And yes Trump and the GOP applegrove Jun 2018 #32

And not working for a day prevents this how? jberryhill Jun 2018 #33

Shows the corporations the people have the ultimate power in the end. applegrove Jun 2018 #34

It's the same as a general strike to anyone else. meadowlander Jun 2018 #36

Tell your friend ... GeorgeGist Jun 2018 #37

Just take the day off..one of the reasons I am self-employed dembotoz Jun 2018 #38

Is a strike planned? Tipperary Jun 2018 #39