- cross-posted to:
- workreform@lemmy.world
- latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- workreform@lemmy.world
- latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24998458
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24998458
Strikes per se are not and cannot be defanged.
What can be defanged are people’s ability to do a strike. If people do it anyway, the effectiveness is no less today than it was a century ago. The issue is recent laws prohibiting certain types of strike actions and threatening gaol for those who engage in strikes, which can discourage solidarity. It makes striking a higher risk for the worker, but if they do it anyway, there’s no real way to get around the fact that the business needs workers to…well, work.