These labor leaders are organizing for 2028. Cooperation across unions and sectors—if carried out on a large scale—would be unprecedented in the 21st-century United States.
A general strike is meant to force the ruling elite as a whole, not just one or two employers, to capitulate to the organizers’ demands. It twists the government’s arm in the same way a normal strike twists the arm of the employer.
What is the point of the general strike? Presumably each union and non-union-but-cooperating-workforce will have different goals.
A general strike is meant to force the ruling elite as a whole, not just one or two employers, to capitulate to the organizers’ demands. It twists the government’s arm in the same way a normal strike twists the arm of the employer.
I get that part, but what are the demands? It seems odd to me to plan a strike before making the reason for the strike.
I don’t know, but hey this is corporate America so it’s not like they’ll be wanting for things to demand.