i like this. To really make an impact, we need to start getting tech/corporate unions established & involved ASAP. This will really speed things up since everything in corporate is banking on everyone being as efficient as possible all the time.
Get people from the new/booming industries involved. Think AI & data centers- the engineers, manufacturers, distributors, construction workers, if any one part of this line i gone for even a week, so much gets thrown off. If you get multiple players to pause, nobody else can do anything.
Great point. If you know anyone in relevant fields, talk to them. Much of this will need to be done by word of mouth because you know the algorithms on the big sites are not going to like this.
Why wait 3 years?
To coordinate. This is being organized by large labor unions not tumblr leftists. They are trying to align as many union contracts as possible to expire on March 31st 2028. This also gives people time to organize their workplaces if they aren’t already unionized. People can also take time to prepare strike funds. It is hard to save in this economy but if you can save $50/month for the next 3 years you’ll have something to coast on during the strike.
Yeah the contracts lining up is actually a good time. To bad it isn’t a little sooner.
Im all for it.
Because a general strike of this magnitude requires as much planning as possible and an astronomical amount of resources.
People still need to eat. Capital will react harshly. There hasn’t been a general strike in the US in living memory, let alone of this magnitude.
You can’t just throw down the gauntlet against power itself and hope for the best. It takes years of preparation and even then the chance of failure is high.
Literally the first paragraph of the article
All three contracts that emerged are slated to expire on the same day: May 1, 2028, International Workers’ Day. This is not the first time the UAW has aligned the Big Three contracts, but what the union did next is remarkable. It put out a challenge to the US labor movement: “We invite unions around the country to align your contract expirations with our own so that together we can begin to flex our collective muscles,”
More than just unions, people need to walk out. They can’t fire all of you in one day.
Four years is a great amount of time to plan for it and get people on board. You gotta start talking to people about it, first!
Country fucking wide. That would be amazing.
Can corporations afford to sit and wait longer than poor people can?
Four years is great timing if a liberal Dem wins the presidency four years from now on a Trump rebound. Labor can go out of their way to make their ally look bad.They really need a clear set of demands for this - like a minimum wage demand, or Medicare for all.
Union members are now the least socialist people around. Bunch of ignorant assholes.
It really depends on the union, and the people. They do tend to be blue-collar workers, though, which are often more susceptible to the kind of disinformation and propaganda against the working class they’re a part of.
Ah, an American 2028 general strike.
That’ll be why I’ve not heard about it. I wish them the best of luck, their country faces many issues that a general strike could begin to fix, here’s hoping.
Won’t they still have their fascist, self proclaimed dictator in power in 2028? He’ll send his jackboots out to crush any such attempts at organising against his precious oligarchy.
Hopefully those participating are ready for a bloody struggle for their rights.
A general strike is difficult to crush. You can crush a strike here and there. You can crush several at once.
You cannot crush a strike of millions of people all over the country.
That’s the whole point.
you think we’re gonna make it as a cohesive force until 28? i think you’re mistaken. death and destruction are imminent. this is not hyperbole.
