Every Canadian and European fedi community right now(sh.itjust.works)

posted 9 days ago

Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works

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DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works

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8 days ago

And then you get fired, and then you lose your health insurance

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Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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8 days ago

Unionize. Organize a strike with coworkers. Ostensibly for better wages, but actually for fighting back.

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DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works

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8 days ago

Unionizing does not make sense for where I am at. For those for whom it does make sense, they will get fired before ever coming close to having a union, and then they will lose their health insurance. Please see Amazon for a good example.

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Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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8 days ago

Defeatist logic never got anyone anywhere. It does work. There is so many companies actively unionizing right now, especially mid sized ones that can’t simply close down shop. I’m on the ground, my local has 3 elections for it in 3 weeks coming up.

Please see Amazon for a good example.

We’re actually making a ton of progress on them. That might get wiped with the trump shit. But it’s far from as impossible as their propaganda makes you want to think.

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conditional_soup@lemm.ee

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7 days ago

Alright, well, go ahead and get in the box car.

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DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works

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7 days ago

Listen mate. I’m not advocating for this viewpoint. I’m trying to illustrate for y’all the difficulties we face here, that are baked into the system. Obviously we need to unionize. A lot. Soon. But it’s very much stacked against those who try. I will give them all the support I can. But these are very real challenges.

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Jayjader@jlai.lu

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7 days ago

To suggest some things not directly related to the workplace:

look into things like community pantries and community gardens, https://www.detroitagriculture.net/ is a good example of what can be achieved over several years
try to match up within your neighborhood unemployed adults and low-income parents who need babysitters on weekends or outside of school hours
try to convince the (relatively) more wealthy members of your community to help organize free breakfast for the neighborhood kids
organize study/homework sessions for the neighborhood kids and/or adult learners

These are all ways to increase the resilience of your community and reduce their dependency on their paychecks. These will also increase trust and reflexive solidarity between community members. This in turn starts making unions and strikes feasible.

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