General Strike Info

[usonian]

https://generalstrikeus.com/

Caps are not mine.

356,638 COMMITTED
10,643,362 NEEDED

WHAT IS A GENERAL STRIKE?
A GENERAL STRIKE IS WHEN WORKING PEOPLE REFUSE THEIR LABOR UNTIL DEMANDS ARE MET • RESEARCH SHOWS WE NEED 3.5% OF THE POPULATION, OR 11 MILLION AMERICANS, TO BE SUCCESSFUL • THE STRIKE CARD BELOW TRACKS OUR PROGRESS SO WE ALL KNOW WHEN IT’S TIME TO STRIKE •

WHY ARE WE STRIKING?
WE’VE VOTED, WE’VE PROTESTED, AND STILL, THEY IGNORE US. OUR GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO MEET OUR BASIC NEEDS WHILE THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS HOARDS WEALTH AND POWER. WE CAN’T AFFORD TO WAIT ANY LONGER. OUR LABOR IS OUR GREATEST STRENGTH AND IF WE STRIKE TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE REAL CHANGE.

Tell me, what else is working?

[Jack Valentino]

1. They even ignore their own voters...

Mitch McConnell now tells Republican senators about medicaid/snap cuts,
'don't worry, they'll get over it'....


What the voters at large won't 'get over' is a bad recession,
even if they were not receiving government benefits
which the GQP takes away from them (but that's a large group on our own)


"REPUBLICANS Are BAD FOR THE ECONOMY!"
ought to be the campaign message of EVERY Democratic candidate,
from presidential candidate down to dog-catcher....

and it IS TRUE, and HAS been true for a very long time!

[ShazzieB]

2. I'm in need of some clarification.

The General Strike is a grassroots network of regular people who know our greatest power is our labor and our right to refuse it."

The only kind of strike I'm familiar with is where employees strike to put pressure on their employers to do something the workers want. But this is about putting pressure on the government. How does a bunch of people striking from their various employers work as a means to that end?

Sorry if I'm being dense. I just can't quite get my head around this and would like to understand it better.