bryan@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 个月前Kentucky: New bill eliminating work break rights rings alarm bellswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1500arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1495arrow-down1external-linkKentucky: New bill eliminating work break rights rings alarm bellswww.newsweek.combryan@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 个月前message-square62fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
Say goodbye to breaks and lunch when working > 6 hours a day! Kentucky says just let the feds set the rules.
minus-squareTWeaK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·7 个月前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.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 个月前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.
minus-squareharderian729@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 个月前When was the last occurrence of cops getting permission to kill strikers in the US?
minus-squareTWeaK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 个月前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.
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.