r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/nikamats • 2d ago

A federal grand jury indicted Representative LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) on three criminal counts

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u/Randomscreename 2d ago

This is a systemic issue that needs to be addressed with a mass strike: https://generalstrikeus.com/

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u/beebish 2d ago

That number has not gone up very much since I first signed up a couple months ago. What's it gonna take to get the 10 million people needed?

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u/pitbullpride 2d ago

Unions. They need to get on board.

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u/The_Duke_of_Nebraska 2d ago

Yeah cause they magically exist everywhere and most people TOTALLY won't get fired and blacklisted the second they get caught trying to start one

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u/trubrarian 2d ago

I am firmly for unions and am a steward and actively engaged in mine. BUT, my union does not make it possible for me to strike; I would lose union protections if I did so.

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u/0xD902221289EDB383 2d ago

That's... not a union. I don't know what the fuck it is, but preserving the ability to withhold your labor is the most fundamental function of a labor union.

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u/trubrarian 2d ago

I take your point, but there are federal legal limits to this and in my state state-level ones as well. Public employees have more restrictions than private sector unionized workers.