I’m kinda frustrated. Living in Europe in a country where you are more or less protected against layouts, were unions are allowed to exist. Jet it is so difficult to get the people to get their head out of their butts to do some solidarity or even improve their own conditions.

Companies doesn’t respect some basic laws and rights, people has been angry for 15 years and always complaining.

Despite of that, when asking people to organize, join an union or do even at least a day of strike, people start saying that it is not worth it, that it is not important. The most they accept doing is stop to work a couple of hours to complain at the gate like a kids rant.

I know for sure that workers have power. The company makes more money per worker and day that double de amount they pay us, so stopping working would hurt them more than us. Why do people lacks so much class conciseness? It is even more hurting for people working at a desk with a suit and doing economics, it’s like they think of themselves as if they were some kind of privileged when are just workers. Why do people chicken out so much when going on strike?

  • printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I believe it’s because

    1. The newer generations lack the experience and knowledge of oppression. Too long time has passed since the women in Russia gave their lives for the working class. Too long time has passed since families were ripped apart by the wave of capitalism that was induced by the Industrial Revolution. We have become complacent. You could draw a parallel to how we have forgotten the price of democracy and the fact that democracy isn’t a constant or a permanent state of being once achieved but something that has to be fought for continuously in various forms. The same goes for workers’ rights.
    2. Capitalism is not merely a catalyst of racism, misogyny and otherization. It is also inherently detrimental to democracy, workers’ rights and a healthy climate in which one is allowed to find time and energy to meditate on the state of affairs, society, politics, workers’ rights and such. We are kept from sparing time and energy to organize and debate. Only monetary productivity remains. Only work is valued.
    • Rigal@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      5 days ago

      I am not sure it is a problem with younger generations, I see it, sometimes even more on older people. I can understand that someone close to retirement doest get gains enough for striking, but that’s what solidarity is about.