LeftistLawyer@lemmy.today to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAll Ready, already???lemmy.todayimagemessage-square100linkfedilinkarrow-up1727arrow-down121file-text
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minus-squarew3dd1e@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months agoThe unions are forbidden from organizing general strikes. They can organize a strike from their own ranks, but that’s it. A general strike has to come from somewhere else. Reference: https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/can-you-join-a-national-general-strike/#h-can-a-union-organize-a-general-strike
minus-squareBigBenis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoPresidents are forbidden from carrying out acts of war without congressional approval, yet look where we are. Why must we be bound by the law when they are not?
minus-squarew3dd1e@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoI don’t disagree! I’m just stating why unions haven’t done more already.
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThe president has already captured the only authorities that could check him: the judicial and congressional branches of government. That is why he is not being bound by laws. Until Unions can claim the same, they are vulnerable. I’m not saying I like it. Just that these are the facts.
The unions are forbidden from organizing general strikes. They can organize a strike from their own ranks, but that’s it.
A general strike has to come from somewhere else.
Reference: https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/can-you-join-a-national-general-strike/#h-can-a-union-organize-a-general-strike
Presidents are forbidden from carrying out acts of war without congressional approval, yet look where we are. Why must we be bound by the law when they are not?
I don’t disagree! I’m just stating why unions haven’t done more already.
The president has already captured the only authorities that could check him: the judicial and congressional branches of government.
That is why he is not being bound by laws.
Until Unions can claim the same, they are vulnerable.
I’m not saying I like it. Just that these are the facts.