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[–] whotookkarl 58 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (5 children)

General strike in the US seems like less of an impossibility year by year

Just restating some of the greatest hits:

  1. Universal healthcare

  2. Universal education through university level or trade school

  3. At least a month pto annually

  4. Parental leave for births

  5. Guaranteed sick leave

  6. 32hr new full time threshold before overtime

  7. Only public, equal funds for elections, no PACs/dark money/donations, no lobbyist bribes

  8. Any elected official over a certain level cannot engage in trading of individual stocks or own businesses, dump it all in an index fund or hand off management to someone else they cannot contact without a mediator and recording, immediate expulsion & no longer able to hold office when found in violation

  9. No billionaires/oligarchs, anyone with earnings and assets over a billion should be taxed at 100% and assets redistributed

Edit: May 1st 2028 looks like a good target thanks to the UAW https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/general-strike-2028-unions-labor-movement/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 14 hours ago

Why not beta test a general strike on Jan 6, 2025?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I'd recommend a longer full time week. If the full time week is too short, many people well rely on overtime for their salary. This completely destroys the benefits of some of your other points, since you can't do overtime during vacations, parental leave, sick leave, etc. Overtime should not be the norm if you want a good social/financial security.

Edit: part time job should of course always be possible if your revenue allows you to work shorter weeks

[–] [email protected] 16 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Nothing about replacing First-past-the-post voting?

[–] whotookkarl 6 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Campaign finance reform under 7 would allow further reforms to follow, without those regulatory capture and bribery are legal and prevent any other electoral reforms benefiting the working class.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago

General strike in the US sounds more like a civil war