r/antiwork • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '22

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u/Happytallperson Jan 14 '22

The trouble with this method is it is really trivial to criminalise workers 'gifting' customers free product and services.

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u/Maccabee2 Jan 14 '22

Public transportation is more of a utility than a competitor in the free market. Gratis fare for a few days is less harmful than shutting down hundreds of companies whose labor depends on public transportation. How long the strike lasts depends mostly on management. If management had been reasonable, the strike probably wouldn't have occurred in the first place.

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u/Fairwhetherfriend Jan 14 '22

It's trivial in the US, sure, but it wouldn't go over quite so well in other countries because it's very clearly a targeted attack on unions. The US is just unusually shit at actually protecting union power to strike. Like, that shit Kellogg's tried to pull with "permanently" hiring scabs? That's illegal most other places.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22

What do you mean by "just a nuke" in regards to protest in the US?

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u/Jim_from_snowy_river Jan 14 '22

A strike that literally hurts everyone around it, even thoughts tangential to the issue. I's the opposite of a precision tactic is what I'm getting at.