r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 🤝 Join A Union • 1d ago

🚫 GENERAL STRIKE 🚫 Billionaires have been robbing the working class for decades and it's time to say Enough! We need a General Strike!

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u/AnotherPersonsReddit 1d ago

Either way I'm still shittin' on company time.

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u/fuschia_taco 1d ago

I always go pee and scroll reddit/shop for nail polish for about 5 minutes right before I clock out.

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u/verbmegoinghere 5h ago

I've been working like this for the past 15 years

Morning: Work 70 mins (ok fine doing some light redditing whilst I log in and load crap up). Drink coffee, read some news.

Break 40 mins (read, game, vaccum

Work 30mins

Lunch: 100mins - walk the dog in the bush (local forest)

Work 70 mins

Break 60 mins (do the school run etc)

Work: 30 mins delete some emails, reply to crap, do the survey (remember always to give your boss 5 out of 5 or else you'll waste hours of your life in boring as fuck meetings about "what can you do to improve this situation")

Used to be way worse when I worked in the office. Jeebus what a huge bludge that is. Jeebus, 2 hour lunches. Spend way to long in "meetings" discussing the latest crapulance being pushed down. Come in an hour late, everyone pisses off an hour early.

If i want to get actual work done I WFH.

The funny thing is we get all these productivity seminars and they all say the samething. No one is 100% productive. That working 4 hours constantly with no break leads to less output then if you just work to your natural rhythm.

As I've gotten older and I see younger men doing the insane 60-80 hour weeks I used to do with awful quality, so much corner cutting and just awful outputs, it makes me wonder just how productive our population is.

The less I spend churning out shit and the more I spend on non work tasks actually, when I get back to a tricky problem, to a better output or solution. Definitely with far less frustration and consternation.

I actually, and I know this sounds like a cop out, but when I'm bludging I find my brain is working a problem (scripting/maths stuff) where I can flip back to whatever I was stuck on and find that the solution, almost magically, pops out with any effort.

I don't know if it works for everyone but it's definitely reduced my blood pressure and stress

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u/Zakosaurus 1d ago

Such a lil warrior you! .... ....................................... /S

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u/SFW_shade 1d ago

It’s time… to take a shit on the companies time….Getting paid to shit, getting paid to wipe, best 45 minutes of my fucking life

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u/Goober97 1d ago

You won't want to once you get a bidet

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u/Yukondano2 1d ago

I think using a bidet regularly means the occasional bathroom trip without it is less awful because I'm less irritated. So there's that.

If I ever get involved in a business at a decision making level, I'm installing expensive bidets in the toilets.

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u/Goober97 1d ago

I 100% agree with you. I've even talked about it at work, although jokingly bc ik it'll never happen

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u/Yukondano2 1d ago

I don't know what weird psy-op hit us in America about bidets but it was so wrong. They made me think I'd be painfully pressure washing my ass, or that it would go off on its own as part of flushing the toilet.

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u/204gaz00 13h ago

Funny you mention a bidet. I work with a fair amount of Filipinos and they use water in a cup or bottle after they take a dump. I'm not sure how it's used and how they do it but yeah

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u/Waste-Comparison2996 6h ago

Put small holes in the cap of the bottle and use it like a squirt gun. Saw Iraqi's doing this while I was deployed. Never quite got bidet's till I got one myself. I will proselytize them to anyone and everyone now.

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u/Most-Philosopher9194 1d ago

Check out this cool song based on that rhyme:

https://youtu.be/cd99j-Jf5wg?si=2VvIxcwwJyHBBhJ4

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u/Calgaris_Rex 12h ago

I picture the Elmo pooping gif

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u/ryansteven3104 1d ago

As long as it doesn't affect you, am I right?

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u/sirnaull 1d ago

“Boss made a dollar

Granddad made a dime

But that was a poem

From a simpler time.

Boss made a thousand

Gave pa a cent

But that penny paid the mortgage

Or at least it paid the rent

Now Boss makes a million

And gives us jack

Smugly blames the workers

For the labor that he lacks.”

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u/Arkmer 1d ago

This rhyme gets better as we get poorer.

I wish this rhyme sucked.

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u/YellojD 1d ago

“I’m tired of living in interesting times.”

I get that now.

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u/StanGibson18 1d ago

They get a thousand, you get a buck. Steal the catalytic converter off the company truck

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u/Nesyaj0 1d ago

Can we do the General Strike now? I'm unemployed atm so I can actually go and be a nuisance somewhere.

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u/stalkingshadow01 1d ago

I really hope we do, I’m sick of covering multiple positions and jobs every day and when I push back, I’m told I’m not being a team player.

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u/ConundrumMachine 1d ago

Gary from Gary's Economics explains what's happening and how the middle class and the state itself are being "squeezed out" by the wealthy. Short ep, good explainer.

https://pca.st/episode/85e748dc-3b55-462f-9e24-ddaadebc41ca

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u/SERVEDwellButNoTips 1d ago

Those French haircut machines work well to cut through the BS.

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u/Tight_Engineering674 ✂️ Tax The Billionaires 1d ago

Just take a little off the top, like about 1%

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u/thisideups 1d ago

That's great lol

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u/thewaltz77 1d ago

I'm down for a general strike. Enough is enough. These billionaires will be dragged into the streets and have a spectacle made out of them if things won't change. That's not a threat. That's what people do when they feel they have no choice.

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u/thekennytheykilled 1d ago

All you Wall Street bloodsuckers
Thinking you're so swell
Though you've made us nothing to eat
Nothing to wear, nothing to sell
Go tell the hungry it's your superior destiny
That allows you diamond buttons on your coat
I dare say you'll gurgle a different tune
When they slit your throat.

-Jeb Puryear

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u/ReturnOfSeq 📚 Cancel Student Debt 1d ago

Hell yeah, let’s paint the town red.

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u/ttystikk 1d ago

A general strike is the ONLY WAY. It won't be nonviolent, because those in power have already given police a free pass to commit violence on behalf of the State. However, when the strikers are armed, the police will think twice about using violence.

I'm not advocating violence; I'm advocating the use of the People's Rights under the 2nd Amendment in defense of all the rest of our Constitutional Rights, because it is clear that the Federal Government is in breach of contract; it has "given" itself the power to ignore the Rights of We the People and that renders their authority null and void.

Tell all of your friends and associates of these things, find out when the next strike dates are and PROTEST.

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u/brzantium 1d ago

General strike? Cool cool cool.

How many billions of dollars have you organized in mutual aid?

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u/SGTree 1d ago

This.

I'd absolutely be protesting today if I could. Instead, I'm scheduled to work from 11am to 11pm.

I dont get overtime until after 12hrs in a day but luckily I'll hit 40 for the week sometime this afternoon. Even working 40-50hrs/week lately, I've still been shuffling credit to make rent. I haven't been in a couple weeks (cause I've been working when they're open), but the food bank has been essential.

If I am to strike, I'll need support. Meds, food, dog food for my ESA, rent, gas, phone... loans can wait (and believe me, they are) but so much of survival costs money.

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u/Loverboy_Talis 1d ago

Sorry, N America is still too comfortable. We’re not there yet.

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u/that_boyaintright 1d ago

Yeah. We have to be ready to be thrown in prison and killed before anything will happen. We’re not willing to let go yet. I’m definitely not.

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u/Perenium_Falcon 1d ago

Boss makes a million, I make a buck. That’s why I jack off in the company truck.

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u/StationE1even 1d ago

https://generalstrikeus.com Join us!

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u/t3chdmn 1d ago

I've been pushing this one too. Doesn't ask for your personal info AND they have a date. The more the merrier!

https://workreform.us/MAYDAY-2025-STRIKE

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u/xiofar 🤝 Join A Union 1d ago

take our lives back

Sounds like socialism

/s

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u/Saino_Moore 1d ago

I worked and paid into the system my entire life, even served in the Navy. Now I’m an entitled parasite because I expect the government to keep their end of the bargain.

I am not a violent person. Soon, it seems like I will have nothing to lose. What do you think happens when there are 10 million more just like me.

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u/Dull-Contact120 1d ago

Poems title should be: why nobody wants to work anymore

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u/According_Jeweler404 1d ago

You’ve got the gold, but workers got the might, And nothing to lose in the coming fight.

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u/Laundry0615 1d ago

Makes me want to go out and thank a Republican. You know, those people who for decades fought to keep our access to guns. For never taking our guns away. For keeping our access easy, available, and legally safe. They always said that the right of the people to own, possess, sell, trade guns and ammo would not be abridged. They said that the people might need those guns someday to protect their homes from invaders, or to protect themselves if the government came for them. Okay.

Thanks, Republicans.

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u/ygduf 1d ago

General strike? Seems like attitudes would change with a few very specific strikes, imo.

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u/nolsongolden 1d ago

But boss isn't stupid

Like poor people are

So look he is trans

They are queer

illegals & brown people

all at the door!

Just vote for me

Concept of a plan

Or your pets are going

Right into a pan

I know how to bankrupt

This will be so grand

Just vote for me

The tariffs I'll plan

Fertilization president

Will be a new band

Just vote for me

In spite of yourself

Just vote for me

I'll take all your wealth

Deport little girls

Cuz cancers ill health

I'll destroy education

Didn't even need stealth

Just vote for me

Vote for the snobs

Trash the economy

Take federal jobs

Russia's best friend

And Canada's foe

But you really showed him

That old sleepy Joe!

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u/Critical_Classic2913 1d ago

Hello from the PNW!

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u/Red-Father 1d ago

I agree a general strike is needed but we’re not gonna get it by posting on Reddit

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u/yeender 1d ago

Here here

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u/ThisIsntOkayokay 1d ago

We are all mortal, some people remember that and act accordingly!

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u/fuckmywetsocks 1d ago

Okay well do it then, stop talking about it.

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u/fildoforfreedom 1d ago

Pitchforks! Get yer Pitchforks here!

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u/Old-Adhesiveness-156 1d ago

General strike is the only way and don't stop until things change.

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u/Queasy-Hall-705 1d ago

It’s called tariffs

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u/squishytrain 1d ago

Anyone else read this to the tune of that ‘ate some shampoo, now I’m gonna die’ song?

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u/Over-Pick-7366 1d ago

But will we, though? Will we? You let me know when to revolt.

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u/TheFridgeNinja 22h ago

This gives first verse of a new folk song energy.

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u/fgreen68 20h ago

Oligarchs have been stealing from the working class for thousands of years. It needs to stop.

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u/rsd9 18h ago

And this includes nurses and doctors?

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u/bmack500 10h ago

I think they made general strikes illegal, didn’t they?

Ah, here’s the AI answer;

Organizing a general strike is not necessarily illegal in the USA. The right to strike is protected by the National Labor Relations Act and the Taft-Hartley Act, which allow employees to engage in concerted activities for their mutual aid and protection. However, there are certain limitations and restrictions on strikes, such as those that are deemed to be in violation of a contract, endanger public safety, or involve industries that are considered essential services. It is important to consult with a legal professional or labor union representative when considering organizing a strike to ensure that it is done in a lawful manner.

So if it’s important and will have an affect on profit, it’s illegal. How do you read it?

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u/NovelHare 1d ago

We just need to be careful, dictatorships start by targeting journalists and colleges, then use riots whether real or engineered to enact martial law.

Trump and Musk are itching for an excuse to start mass incarcerations and deportations of dissidents.

We know they don’t care about due process, if they sent one Us citizen to El Salvador over a clerical error and don’t care, think of what they will do intentionally.

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u/oh_what_a_surprise 1d ago

Good luck getting that organized. I've been warning my fellow Americans about the uselessness of voting and the need for a general strike for decades.

No one will accept the fact that voting does nothing because the system itself is subverted, even though they know it is!

It's like they know it's dark out, but refuse to admit they need illumination to see.

A general strike is the only way. To take down the corporate capitalist system. To erase the two party system. To remove the control from government that corporations have. To return power to the people and make voting actually count again, with candidates that work for the people.

But no, everyone is scared and a bit lazy and comfortable enough that direct action is too much for them. They'll keep voting. Because it works. It hasn't given us two terms of the worst president ever. One more round of voting will fix it!

I'm glad we have Trump. Because he is destroying the system we should have destroyed decades ago.

Granted, he is replacing it with something worse. But we all deserve it, because of the public's refusal to see reality and do something when we had the chance, because as Americans we took the easy path and just decided to keep on voting even though we knew the system itself was compromised, because we didn't have the motivation to actually do what needed to be done when we had the chance.