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> This is like if Coca Cola workers went on strike, and problem blamed Pespi Co of breaking strike by not sending their workers home?? Well, yes, that's how a
by Iv 10y ago
> This is like if Coca Cola workers went on strike, and problem blamed Pespi Co of breaking strike by not sending their workers home??
Well, yes, that's how a general strike works. You expect every worker in the field to follow. This is not a strike to get better conditions within one company, this is a strike toward a governmental action.
- rubber_duck 10y ago>Well, yes, that's how a general strike works. You mean how it doesn't work. Cartels eventually fall apart when there's no way of enforcing the rules (no way to force someone to strike) because the incentives to cheat (drive during strike) are high.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoI suppose someone could've DDOSd Uber's API to force their hand instead of relying on Travis' navigation of the political waters and moral fortitude (hah!).
- jellicle 10y agoWell, at least in the U.S., general strikes worked great and were so effective for labor that they were banned by law, and remain illegal today.
- Iv 10y agoSuccessful general strikes (a longer list than many people believe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_strike#Notable_general_strikes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_strike#Notable_general...) usually enforce it somehow. Possibly through illegal means.
- icebraining 10y agoYou expect workers to follow, not their companies to order them!
- illuminati1911 10y agoCausing financial damage and harm to people/companies not responsible for the Trump's immigration rule is pure stupidity and wrong. If Uber as a company doesn't want to be part of it, it's their choice to do so.