You are beeing very vague in what you describe so I wil be as well. If that means I'm talking about something else I'm sory. As a cis guy the way I understand it is, that some spaces meant for internal discussion about problems that are unique to LGBTQ+ people in order to share experience and advice where most people who are not part of the group can't say anything since they aren't affected. Since that is most people hetero peple are not welcome there in general for simplicity's sake. Those spaces are not meant as an Information desk and they don't have to be one since there are other spaces on the internet that can act as that. No one should have to be forced to be an information provider for something they are born with. The same as no blind person is obligated to answer your questions about their condition.
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Bessere Idee: die Regierung zahlt allen Bürgern Netflix und kauft ein Haufen Hollywood Filme für die Mediatheken. Vom Rest kaufen wir amerikasches Bier und betreiben unsere Springbrunnen damit, weil trinken will das ja eh niemand.
Where is that from?
The problem is that 5% is simply too much for people who are at the moment already sceptical of joining a union. If you want higher cuts you need to convince already joined members of that as well.
As for organzing a strike for awareness: I don't have any data backing that up but I believe people are already aware of unions they just don't think they are a good deal for them (which is wrong btw.) . A failed strike would reinforce that.
I also believe that increasing union membership should be among the highest priorities , since the workforce is getting smaller through demographic change, which gives it more power to achieve a more equal society. I think that this can't be achieved quickly though.
(Not up to date though)
What does the current 18th district remind you of?
I'd say its a helmet.
I'm not from the US just to make that clear. I believe in order to realise a general strike, higher union membership is required. In order to reach that you need more people to join unions. As for how to achieve that I won't pretend like I have an answer. I know a bit about unions in Germany but I don't know a lot about the history and legal framework of unions in the US. What I've heard from union representatives in Germany is that when unions are successful in forcing an employer to accept/negotiate workers demands in the context of their workplace the people are like: 'Hey, unions are actually useful and maybe I should be a member.' In order for an action to be successful though you already need high membership at that workplace which is a hard process that requires at least a few people in the workplace that are already on board and are willing to talk to others. Sometimes in secret.
When you want to do a general strike, you also need a quite big warchest since you need to be able to believably uphold the strike for a long time, I don't know how long though. For that you need time to build those funds by having people be union members for some time. Members in Germany are usually required to pay one percent of their income to the union which means that for someone being a member for one year, he can at best strike for 3,6525 days a year. But idk how much of the money is needed for other union costs.
So basically you need more time. Or you don't pay people while striking but they would need to be very desperate to do that.
Haha, thanks.
Wow. I didn't know China was launching almost as much as the US
A general strike in 2026 seems unrealistic to me. With union membership in the US at around 9.9% in 2024 according to the BLS the impact wouldn't be big enough. There also aren't any key sectors that could strike (Table with union membership per sector). It would probably fail at forcing compliance from politicians and be made an example of for why strikes don't work making it harder to organize further strikes.
Against the storm. It's a roguelite city builder which unlike other city builders I've played has not become boring and tedious after you've reached the endgame while still managing to scratch all the itches of other citybuilders.
Does this meme make sense if you're smart?