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Why aren’t you americans going out in general strike?

I come from Sweden. As good labour laws as we have today here, they weren't always this good. In the beginning of the 1900s we workers had to go out in massive strikes, and we were even shot at by military (Skotten i Ådalen if you're interested). We slowly started to unionize and built a strong force of workers working together for each other. Today we don't even have a minimum salary by law, because our unions are so strong almost every company is forced to follow their lead. I see a lot of posts on here about wanting change in America. But trust me, big corps isn't going to do shit until you fight for it. So I hope that you will organize, and unionize, and do general strike if necessary. Americans have such a strong spirit, and we swedes look up to you in a lot of ways.…


I come from Sweden. As good labour laws as we have today here, they weren't always this good. In the beginning of the 1900s we workers had to go out in massive strikes, and we were even shot at by military (Skotten i Ådalen if you're interested). We slowly started to unionize and built a strong force of workers working together for each other. Today we don't even have a minimum salary by law, because our unions are so strong almost every company is forced to follow their lead.

I see a lot of posts on here about wanting change in America. But trust me, big corps isn't going to do shit until you fight for it. So I hope that you will organize, and unionize, and do general strike if necessary. Americans have such a strong spirit, and we swedes look up to you in a lot of ways. I root for you, talk to your colleagues, and go out and kick big company ass!

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