I see this question a lot from our international friends who actually have worker protections. I see a lot of answers, but I think the big, finite answer is this: geography.
Y’all understand how big we are, right? I don’t mean powerful or populus. I just mean BIG. There are acres and acres of open land. Those acres and acres aren’t just physical distance that keeps us from organizing. They’re ideological.
Each of our states are their own little countries with their own rules and federal law only intervenes when federal law wants to, or can. Our court system is ridiculously complicated.,
It's why you can get an abortion every day of the week in California but go to jail for performing one in Texas.
Asking us why we don’t strike is a bit like asking why the entirety of the European Union doesn’t strike all at the same time.
I get you want to help, and stories from France and Sweden are very inspiring, but the US is 18 times the size of France and 22 the size of Sweden.
A general US labor strike is not going to happen. On the upside, we have seen a lot of success from industry level strikes. I think our time is better spent there.