Remember to use libraries to spread awareness

At the library you can print out things for only like 10 cents. They also sometimes have boards where you can but up flyers I think.

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More printer-friendly flyer
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Suggestions, opinions, and general discussion

Suggestions, opinions, and general discussion can be done here. The main content of the subreddit is to be about local organizing, finding people in your area, coordinating mutual aid, contacting unions and activist groups.

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TRUCKERS

hi, title says it all. A majority strike would be great if we can pull it off, but if we can figure out how to convince truckers to strike, even for a short period, it would have massive ramifications for the economy!

I've done some research- tuckers have successfully striked and it led to better work conditions, but the industry is hip to this now and it is a lot harder and more dangerous to strike as a trucker.

If anyone has some ideas, or knows a trucker to help us out that old be great!

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Only about 10% of American workers are union members - only 14 million out of 161 million workers
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm

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RESISTBOT will send letter to your congress-people!
https://resist.bot/petitions/pcinlg/

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Change.org petition

https://www.change.org/p/u-s-house-of-representatives-general-strike

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Spotted a Facebook event!
https://m.facebook.com/events/177306017634599

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Linktree with collection of social media links and website! Please share
https://linktr.ee/generalstrikeoct15

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Sign up to talk with a workplace organizer about planning a walkout with your coworkers!
https://workerorganizing.org/talk-with-an-organizer/

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What to do if you went to help but live in another country

If you live in another country, but work for a US owned company then either go on strike or take the day off. Also don't buy anything from US owned companies.

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Credits to u/boxerbumbles77 for the idea
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Things to do if you can't strike:

1. Try to request the day off now and save up if you're able to

2. Make posts and leave comments about it on reddit, tik tok, Facebook, and any other social medias you have.

3. Tell EVERYONE you know about it. Don't be rude, be calm and polite when you talk about it.

4. Don't buy anything at all on the day of the strike. Stay home or do something that's free. Its about not participating in the economy at all.

5. If you live in another country but work for a business that also operates in America then got on strike. Also don't buy anything from a US based company on Oct 15.

6. Help people who are striking. Help them withe whatever they can't afford since they're missing work.

If you can think of something I missed then comment it.

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Fliers Alpharetta Area

If anyone in the Alpharetta area is unable to print fliers but needs some, please reach out to me, I can print y’all some and we can arrange a pickup/drop off !

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info graph flyer (I did not create the original info graph just added strike info)
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The Social Architect: A New Framework for Effective Activism and Social Leadership
https://www.cadmusjournal.org/article/volume-4/issue-4/social-architect

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Anyone in the Tampa Bay Florida region striking?

I'm looking to organize on the sun coast. Anyone in that area? Tampa, Sant Petersburg, Bradenton, Sarasota, Venice, Pinellas area?

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Afraid it won't happen?

I absolutely love the idea of a successful general strike in the US and really want this to happen. But I'm afraid it won't. What are the odds of this gaining traction?

I feel that somebody undertaking the effort to initiate a general strike is a sign of the times by itself, I also feel that there are enough people so fed up with the current conditions they'd be willing to participate. This alone makes me somewhat optimistic, yet another piece of evidence of the radicalization of the American working class.

Yet at the same time, I'm afraid things will go wrong/things won't go anywhere (this subreddit has 711 members as of right now. I'm anxiously awaiting further development of that number). I'm also thinking of the highly dubious claim on the website that striking workers don't need to fear for their jobs because they are supposedly protected. That is NOT true and extremely dangerous advice.

So, what y'all think?

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some changes that I think are important / actionable

1. the demand for a 4 day work week should include “8 hour days”, otherwise the reality will be “10-hour days for 4 days”. I think the gist should be for a reduction in the 40 hour work week, instead of a reduction in the days worked
2. the minimum wage should be tied to local living wage at the very least. I think $20 is ambitious but would act as an iron anchor and drag the rest of the demands down. Perhaps tie it to a technical study of living wage per-region, such as this one by MIT
3. it’s important to make clear that this shouldn’t just be a single Friday of striking
4. it’s important to make clear that the threat of a general strike is often times just as useful as the strike itself. Calling your legislators and telling them about the planned strike and how many people plan to attend will perhaps make change happen before striking is necessary

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One day isn't enough

If we want this strike to work and strangle the economy enough to get these changes, this strike will need to last weeks. the strike is necessary, but as of right now if we just do one day, it won't work and will not cause real change.

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There are situations in which you can legally be fired for participating in a general strike. Suggest updating the website for accuracy.

The website behind this general strike contains misleading information regarding whether or not you can be fired for going on strike.

It’s important to be upfront that the NLRA does not apply to domestic workers or farm workers (California is the only US state to offer mostly equivalent legal protection to striking farm workers).

There is not any protection under that law against being fired for striking or labor organizing activity if you work in those industries. The NLRA also does not apply to supervisors or managers, or workers who are independent contractors. It also places restrictions on the rights of medical workers to go on strike. Furthermore, Railroad workers are covered under a different law that I believe places some restrictions on strike activity (I’m not familiar enough with it to go into any detail).

Furthermore it is debatable whether or not you are protected for striking without some direct connection to improving working conditions or pay from your employer. I’m not aware of any successful case where someone was reinstated in their job because they were fired for participating in a politically-motivated strike, at least under the NLRA.

There is also the practical side of things. Realistically an employer can fire you and claim to be doing it for any number of reasons. Unless you have smoking gun evidence that they did it because of your strike activity and lots of documentation on your history as an outstanding worker, the NLRA is toothless. This isn’t just an issue in the context of a general strike, this is a bigger issue with US labor organizing in general.

And although unionized employees can theoretically argue that their union should support the strike, given the bureaucratic, mainstream-orientation of all major unions in the US, that is unlikely to happen. Which is a problem because unionized workers can legally be fired for striking without union approval.

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Ignoring these realities and papering over them is tantamount to encouraging working people to “economically martyr” themselves under false pretenses.

General strikes—if they are going to be at all meaningful or effective—have to arise from a broader, militant, and class-conscious workers movement. If that foundation doesn’t exist, this kind of activity isn’t going to accomplish anything. This is a lesson that has already been learned through historical example, no need to waste energy relearning it.

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