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Thinking about how the U.S. should have a constitutional amendment banning state forces (e.g. police) from being used in labor disputes. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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One of the primary purposes of the police is to be able to break labor uprisings. This is so wrong and should be prevented in the strongest way possible. What do you all think? Is the U.S. constitution able to restrict police?

People from outside the U.S., what do you think of this type of idea?

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

The government should just pass a law banning capitalism and then we wouldn't have to worry about strikes at all, but that's also never going to happen.

That doesn't mean it's a bad idea, just that it's too extreme by the standards of US politics. Unions here often still need basic protections like the right to strike at all in the first place. Check out the rules against teachers striking in Texas, they'd be banned from public sector work and lose their pensions. The only way they could possibly go on strike is with a vast enough majority to force the state government to repeal those rules.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Texans sure love their "freedom".