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[–] Reverendender 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Listen mate. I'm not advocating for this viewpoint. I'm trying to illustrate for y'all the difficulties we face here, that are baked into the system. Obviously we need to unionize. A lot. Soon. But it's very much stacked against those who try. I will give them all the support I can. But these are very real challenges.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

To suggest some things not directly related to the workplace:

  • look into things like community pantries and community gardens, https://www.detroitagriculture.net/ is a good example of what can be achieved over several years
  • try to match up within your neighborhood unemployed adults and low-income parents who need babysitters on weekends or outside of school hours
  • try to convince the (relatively) more wealthy members of your community to help organize free breakfast for the neighborhood kids
  • organize study/homework sessions for the neighborhood kids and/or adult learners

These are all ways to increase the resilience of your community and reduce their dependency on their paychecks. These will also increase trust and reflexive solidarity between community members. This in turn starts making unions and strikes feasible.