• mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      61·
      11 days ago

      It’s also ineffective in the short term as a strike, because the rich will just wait it out. One day of slightly lower productivity isn’t going to grind things to a halt. What makes a strike powerful is that it continues until grievances are remedied. A true strike takes months or even years to organize, and it takes a lot of unionized money to keep people from going broke during an extended strike. After all, the strikers need to be able to wait out the rich and powerful. Those union dues are largely to allow the union to pay striking workers.

      However, with all of this being said, this kind of thing is good for normalizing strikes. America largely doesn’t strike. But if you can establish a new normal for protests, it makes the larger things much much easier to organize in the long term.

      • mirshafie@europe.pub
        0·
        11 days ago

        This sounds like a wildcat strike to me. Not perhaps the most effective means to an end, but important when there’s no other outlet. A good outcome may be establishing better unions. The mere threat of a strike should have capital shaking in their boots.

        • Elaine@lemmy.world
          2·
          10 days ago

          I wouldn’t expect many people in an actual union to take part in this because that _would _ be a wildcat strike.

          In my experience with CWA it was like the ending of Animal Farm - could not see much difference between them and management. There are so many things that must happen before you would even hear the whispered hint of a strike.

      • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
        11·
        11 days ago

        It doesn’t make sense to me, I honestly doubt retailers will even notice.

        Everyone who does actually participate will just buy their stuff the day before or the day after.

        An ongoing boycott of a specific vendor makes much more sense to me. Easier for everyone to do, and more impactful.

    • somethingsnappy@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 days ago

      Read up. Last Friday was no purchases, this friday is no work and no purchases. This is not a short term thing (unless we decide to have a general strike with clear demands soon.

      • saimen@feddit.org
        2·
        11 days ago

        I am happy to hear it’s supposed to be a regular thing. This can lead to great momentum. Reminds me of fridays for future which became a huge worldwide movement (sadly disrupted and essentially killed by Covid).

      • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        11 days ago

        Oops, I didn’t realize last Friday was a no purchase day. I only spent $5 at a secondhand store, so the spirit was still there.