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Why strikes are good
Posted by John, December 5th, 2011 - under Strikes.
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Strikes challenge the idea that bosses have an immutable right to make profit, while workers are just some “factor of production” to be used while the going’s good, but sacked when they are no longer useful for making money.
When people strike, they are making a stand against a system that treats them simply as human inputs, rather than human beings. At the most basic level, the strike sends the message “We produce everything so we deserve more; we are human beings, not robots, not raw materials.”