• Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    a party and a bunch of unions called for them

    In the US there are only two parties of any real significance. General strike is something neither of them would ever call for. Only about 10.1% of US workers have a union.

    Nobody lost their jobs or homes, among other things because it’s illegal to retalliate against a strike.

    In the US, strike retaliation, while technically illegal, is very rarely enforced. When it is, the penalty is … they have to undo the thing they did and were penalized for. No fine, no concession, no additional monitoring, and there was always the (very good) chance they’d get away with it.

    Sadly, in a country where guns are common and unions aren’t, armed revolt is just more imaginable than a general strike.