this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ok, how do I, as an individual, do that?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

By posting memes on Lemmy to piss off Americans, so they start to take formative action after they research the memes context and realise they don't have free health care, cheap/free post secondary education, and mandatory holidays like the EU bros.

Tldr: Post them memes buddy!

Edit: guys... this is c/memes. Y'all are taking this way too literally lmao. Lighten up a bit ffs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We are very aware of the shittiness of our labor laws

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Motivation to even want to have some solidarity instead of smugness is the first step honey.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I would recommend you start by joining the Industrial Workers of the World and paying monthly dues to empower the union to fight the fight necessary. https://www.iww.org/membership/

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

I'm in a union here in Germany. Why am I supposed to pay up for the folks in the US who still act against their interests and refuse to unionize or vote for worker's rights?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is a difference in interests at work between employees and employers. Even if someone doesn't own the business, if they have real hiring and firing power over other workers then they count as an employer to us.

I have two direct reports at work, so it seems like they consider me an employer, and I'm not eligible to join.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

yep, capitalist scum