@bryan@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoKentucky: New bill eliminating work break rights rings alarm bellswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1500arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1495arrow-down1external-linkKentucky: New bill eliminating work break rights rings alarm bellswww.newsweek.com@bryan@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square63fedilinkfile-text
Say goodbye to breaks and lunch when working > 6 hours a day! Kentucky says just let the feds set the rules.
minus-squareTWeaKlinkfedilinkEnglish9•4 months agoThat workers in the US have a lot more reason to be wary about striking. Hell, just look at the way protestors are being treated in Georgia over Cop City. They should still do it, but also it’s more risky than in Europe.
minus-square@nilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish10•4 months agoAlso if you lose your job (which is harder to lose in the first place) in the EU, you don’t lose your healthcare. Plus a bunch of the ass backwards red states have laws against unions, dystopianly named “right to work” laws.
minus-square@harderian729@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•4 months agoWhen was the last occurrence of cops getting permission to kill strikers in the US?
minus-squareTWeaKlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-24 months agoLess than 100 years ago. I only tried one search though and found a story about a guy who killed a cop and a utility worker, then gave up. Edit: Blair mountain was 1921, so that was just over 100 years ago, but I expect there have been others since.
What’s your point?
That workers in the US have a lot more reason to be wary about striking. Hell, just look at the way protestors are being treated in Georgia over Cop City.
They should still do it, but also it’s more risky than in Europe.
Also if you lose your job (which is harder to lose in the first place) in the EU, you don’t lose your healthcare.
Plus a bunch of the ass backwards red states have laws against unions, dystopianly named “right to work” laws.
When was the last occurrence of cops getting permission to kill strikers in the US?
Less than 100 years ago. I only tried one search though and found a story about a guy who killed a cop and a utility worker, then gave up.
Edit: Blair mountain was 1921, so that was just over 100 years ago, but I expect there have been others since.