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Ben Maher and Anthony Buono
We're Hot and Bothered By Shawn Fain's Proposal of a General Strike
9 minutes Posted May 16, 2024 at 3:24 pm.
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United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain wrote an op-ed proposing that unions across the country align to have their contracts expire in 2028, in order to maximize labor's leverage with a general strike if management does not meet their demands. This would be the biggest move for labor we've ever seen in America, and might lurch us towards the equity of a system like the social democracies of Nordic countries.