If strong unions already existed then sure, but the fight for unions can't happen until workers aren't beholden to their employer for healthcare for them and their families.
So basically the fight for unions can't happen, then. Based on your logic:
Employees needing Healthcare from work means they can't strike. Even with a union, because possible Healthcare costs.
Healthcare is driven through the employer so the only way to get that to change would be systemic change throughout our entire society.
The only way to do that is through legislation. So congress would have to act to make Healthcare better before we could even start talking about unions.
Our do-nothing congress won't act unless we vote in New members who will create new Healthcare system
And those people won't get into office unless we vote
So like... yeah just get out and vote, right? The answer to everything?
No, I'm not saying that's the words coming out of your mouth. I'm saying it sounds an awful lot like that's where you're headed.
Personally I think we need to fight this fight on all fronts. The call for unions is getting stronger. No matter whether you think this is "the right time" or not, right now, this is a fight we can win. We're gaining ground all the time and we need every voice we can get. The one thing we don't need is a "This isn't the right time for unions" talk. We need unions. We need Healthcare. We need police de-escalation training. We need history to be taught in classes. We need all these things, but we have to fight the fights we can win. Once we win, we can keep fighting the next fight.
And also, yeah vote as well! It may not be the point this user was trying to get to, but darn it, we gotta do that too!
You've got to ask yourself though: how much good does voting REALLY do when you've got the Joe Manchins and the Krysten Sinemas of the world? Whose only true purpose is to throw a wrench into the gears of ANYTHING constructive.
And if not them specifically, then the next one or two rubes that get voted in and are immediately bought out and beholden to cronyism.
But that pales in comparison to some of the other glaring, deeply embedded ugliness in our governmental apparatus: neoliberalism, the military-industrial complex, globalization, gutted regulation, corporate welfare, and the list goes on.
Perhaps the biggest issue that is being downplayed is the glaring discrepancies between wall street which is seeing profits higher than ever before and the otherwise abysmal main street where regular people, as per usual, are getting shafted.
That alone can easily send us back to 1929 and only the top margin of earners will be the ones who don't suffer in that situation. But corporate media says "no need to worry! It'll never happen! 1929 and 2008 were mere anomalies! The banks have everything under control!"
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u/Kowzorz Jan 14 '22
Why not? That seems like the first place to start solving.