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      11 days ago

      privileged enough to be able

      My European mind can’t comprehend this. Strikes are a right for every single worker, even the most unprivileged ones (with very few exceptions for public safety reasons)

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          11 days ago

          I’m from Italy. Here general strikes are common. I know that France also goes strong on strikes.

          I’m surprised they’re illegal in Germany. You should fight to change that.

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            They should have a general strike demanding the right to general strikes.

            I don’t see how it’s enforceable, you don’t have to picket, just no one shows up for work at that same time, what are they going to do?

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        To elaborate on the situation in The Netherlands: You can only strike when certain conditions are met. In short, you use it as a final measurement to force your employer to change something if other less radical measurements were ineffective.

        In this case, most employers have absolutely no influence over whatever ICE does, so I’d highly doubt a strike would be ‘allowed’ for something like this over here in The Netherlands.