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A general strike (or mass strike) across the U.S. is planned for Oct. 15. It may involve a substantial proportion of the total labor force across metro areas, towns, and rural communities that could bring the economy to a standstill.

Organizers of the general strike call themselves "National General Strike Day" and appear to be a movement that may involve workers in many workplaces and or unions.

https://pic8.co/sh/lVuTnZ.png << Yeah...

Not much is clear about "National General Strike Day," except their top 5 following on Twitter is the "Party for Socialism and Liberation," "Socialist Rifle Association," "AFL-CIO," "United Steelworkers," and "UAW." They do blame "capitalism in decline" for why they're striking.

Their reasons for striking are listed on their website and state, "the U.S. Government is not serving its people:"

The United States is the only developed country that requires zero paid time off for maternity leave

Unemployment rose to 14% in 2021 because companies refused to raise wages

Only 100 corporations are responsible for 71% of all global carbon emissions

The Federal Minimum wage hasn't been raised since 2009

40 million Americans live at, or below the national poverty line

Pharmaceutical companies are extorting patients for medications

And the average American is $90,460 in debt just to afford basic necessities like housing, food, clothes, education, and medical bills They say, "this demonstration serves to show your company, and our country as a whole, that you deserve basic human rights. Your labor is a bargaining tool, and you are worth more than what society is offering you."

Here are their demands:

% corporate tax rate (No loopholes)

Free Healthcare for all

12 weeks paid paternity and maternity leave

$20 minimum wage

4 day work week

Stricter Environmental Regulations on Corporations (Bans on single-use and microplastics, and limited emissions) The group says the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 "protects your right to strike even if you are not a union member because you are engaging in concerted activity."

As of Tuesday, the general strike is 93 days away and comes as a labor shortage continues to wreak havoc in the economy.

A general strike (or mass strike) across the U.S. is planned for **Oct. 15**. It may involve a substantial proportion of the total labor force across metro areas, towns, and rural communities that could bring the economy to a standstill. Organizers of the general strike call themselves "National General Strike Day" and appear to be a movement that may involve workers in many workplaces and or unions. https://pic8.co/sh/lVuTnZ.png << Yeah... Not much is clear about "National General Strike Day," except their top 5 following on Twitter is the "Party for Socialism and Liberation," "Socialist Rifle Association," "AFL-CIO," "United Steelworkers," and "UAW." They do blame "capitalism in decline" for why they're striking. Their reasons for striking are listed on their website and state, "the U.S. Government is not serving its people:" The United States is the only developed country that requires zero paid time off for maternity leave Unemployment rose to 14% in 2021 because companies refused to raise wages Only 100 corporations are responsible for 71% of all global carbon emissions The Federal Minimum wage hasn't been raised since 2009 40 million Americans live at, or below the national poverty line Pharmaceutical companies are extorting patients for medications And the average American is $90,460 in debt just to afford basic necessities like housing, food, clothes, education, and medical bills They say, "this demonstration serves to show your company, and our country as a whole, that you deserve basic human rights. Your labor is a bargaining tool, and you are worth more than what society is offering you." Here are their demands: % corporate tax rate (No loopholes) Free Healthcare for all 12 weeks paid paternity and maternity leave $20 minimum wage 4 day work week Stricter Environmental Regulations on Corporations (Bans on single-use and microplastics, and limited emissions) The group says the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 "protects your right to strike even if you are not a union member because you are engaging in concerted activity." As of Tuesday, the general strike is 93 days away and comes as a labor shortage continues to wreak havoc in the economy.

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the cost of ceaseless offshoring and flooding the borders with immigrants. its a utopia now

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The only thing bothering me here, carbon bs aside among other details, is the fact that this initiative is obviously stemming from bolshtards.

It's a huge turn off for me. Needless to mention that it reeks of cloward and piven.

At the same time I want to say "where's the right? Why is it yet again a leftist initiative?"

I mean, they have a monopoly on social causes for a reason, and it's not because they have a better understanding of social issues, needless to mention better proposals...

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Not everything in that rallying call is utter non sense; "the U.S. Government is not serving its people:" it's true. "Pharmaceutical companies are extorting patients for medications" it's true.

And there's much more than just that to say when it comes to it, much, much, much more... We all know the score.

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So, government interference for the benefit of megacorporations at all levels of our economy is hardly capitalism and demanding even more gov't interference is not a solution. Just what we need, more lefty demands so we can be like France and "developed country that requires paid time off for maternity leave" among other things. How is that Americans with Disabilities Act that was written by international corporations working out for the country? Assholes with handicap stickers and license plates no longer even park in those spots now, they just park right in front of a store in the fire lane and go in. Look at what all that shit did to small business to see why international corps wrote it and told the gov't to pass it. Sure, let's have a bunch of environmental laws that raise costs, costs jobs, crush the economy, and take more of our rights in the name of an ideology that predicts many things of which NONE have ever happened.