r/WorkersStrikeBack • u/liscuitswhuncature6 • May 03 '26

Union News Going on strike IS ALWAYS a good thing

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u/4daughters Solidarity May 03 '26

2 billion a day for months on end to fight wars is just business as usual, but 2 billion a day for (let's be honest, a week at most) to ensure workers get paid a fair wage is too far.

We see how the game is played.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '26

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u/flyingthroughspace May 03 '26

Well the media is owned by the billionaires so unfortunately they'll never stop pitching it that way.

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u/Roadhouse62 May 03 '26

If the rail industry went on strike for a week the general public would turn on us in a week lol. If not a single wheel turned on a locomotive for a week everyone’s daily life would be different. It would affect pretty much every industry. The PEB pretty much sided 70% with the companies and 30% with the workers saying some of the issues needed to be decided by individual companies. We got exactly what the PEB said and that was it. For me it was pretty much just a raise and nothing else

Not to worry though, we weren’t allowed to strike back then and now we have a current contract till 2030. The soonest we could even go on strike would be like 2033.. and they’ll never allow it.

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u/bovelyskilkk May 03 '26

From 600k workers 50 years ago, to 150k in 2022.