President Trump appeared to mark Juneteenth — a day he has commemorated in the past — by arguing businesses are closed for "too many non-working holidays."
You don’t think people aren’t trying to unionize? Decades of anti-Union sentiment, “right to work” laws, fear of punishment for taking about pay (even though it’s protected by the NLRB), etc. are at odds with it. Shit, slavery is still legal under the 13th amendment, the very same amendment that abolished it, thanks to a loophole. California tried to abolish prison slavery, and it failed.
Unionizing in the US isn’t as simple as “let’s do it”. There are hurdles, and psychological traps, as well as tricks that employers can use to fire you to get around the law.
Even if you think you have a case, getting the resources to fight in court will be prohibitive. And any kind of measurable settlement to help embolden unionizing nationwide will be almost non-existent.
I’m not saying it’s not a battle to avoid, but it’s a Sisyphusian effort.
No it’s not easy, and it’s become steadily worse for half a century now. Rights are not given, they are fought for. And American rarely fight, but accept corporate offers, and fail to unionize over and over again.
I’m not blaming you, I know USA is split, but when opportunities arise, American workers fail to grab them.
The problem of course starts with the fact that USA is a dysfunctional democracy. And again nothing has been done for half a century to change that.
The Democrats are better than the Republitards, but they are still part of the problem.
Grassroots need to be build to power. Maybe No Kings could be part of that?
Anyhow USA lost about half a century of progress, so now the hill is steep. Employers have taken power. But there is still power of the masses, if only enough Americans decide to fight back.
You don’t think people aren’t trying to unionize? Decades of anti-Union sentiment, “right to work” laws, fear of punishment for taking about pay (even though it’s protected by the NLRB), etc. are at odds with it. Shit, slavery is still legal under the 13th amendment, the very same amendment that abolished it, thanks to a loophole. California tried to abolish prison slavery, and it failed.
Unionizing in the US isn’t as simple as “let’s do it”. There are hurdles, and psychological traps, as well as tricks that employers can use to fire you to get around the law.
Even if you think you have a case, getting the resources to fight in court will be prohibitive. And any kind of measurable settlement to help embolden unionizing nationwide will be almost non-existent.
I’m not saying it’s not a battle to avoid, but it’s a Sisyphusian effort.
No it’s not easy, and it’s become steadily worse for half a century now. Rights are not given, they are fought for. And American rarely fight, but accept corporate offers, and fail to unionize over and over again. I’m not blaming you, I know USA is split, but when opportunities arise, American workers fail to grab them.
The problem of course starts with the fact that USA is a dysfunctional democracy. And again nothing has been done for half a century to change that.
The Democrats are better than the Republitards, but they are still part of the problem.
Grassroots need to be build to power. Maybe No Kings could be part of that?
Anyhow USA lost about half a century of progress, so now the hill is steep. Employers have taken power. But there is still power of the masses, if only enough Americans decide to fight back.