Getting it to actually happen is another when you're asking union leaders to go to jail for it. You need radical enough union leaders who are willing to go to jail. Does the US have that yet? I don't think so. It's where the most work needs doing.

If the idea of a general strike can be popularised enough then exposing the union leadership who won't do it would be a good path to getting socialists into leadership.

[–] HamManBad@hexbear.net 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Shawn Fain (President of the UAW) has been pushing for every union in the country to try to set their contracts to all expire at the same time in 2028. Calling for a general strike is illegal, but every union striking on their own at the same time isn't. Not like that matters if it becomes a real threat, but it's good to see people in leadership positions organizing for real leverage

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago

With the timeframe they could actually pull it off and all that Airbud “the rules say” stuff that passes liberal sniff tests is actually a brilliant way to plan it openly and with enough years to actually build it and make it happen. I know they’ve been talking about this for a year or two now. We have 26 months still.