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Walkouts are very different in character. It's a mini-strike, not an occupation. People voluntarily leave their jobs for a day, they don't sit in someone else's
by lolinder 3y ago
Walkouts are very different in character. It's a mini-strike, not an occupation. People voluntarily leave their jobs for a day, they don't sit in someone else's workspace and prevent them from doing theirs.
Sure, it's more disruptive to the company because the numbers are larger, but the damage done by each individual ends at not doing their work for the day. It's a statement of "this is what your company will look like if you don't address this" not "we're going to make a scene and hang out in your personal space".
- mmcwilliams 3y agoThis is a very selective and ahistorical definition of "strike". Strikes regularly block shipping lanes and scab workers from entering so they often prevent others from doing work on a job site.
- _heimdall 3y agoHave you seen this done in recent years? I've personally seen AT&T employees go on strike but they were nothing like this. The employees on strike wouldn't go to work, and there were signs and a few people sitting at tables near the entrance to main office buildings in Atlanta, but nothing was blocked and the people there sure seemed more like they were paid by the union to be there and didn't really care at all.
- ryukoposting 3y agoThe bigger issue with the term "strike" here is that Google isn't unionized (yes, I know AWU exists, but it's less than 1% of their workforce)
- robertlagrant 3y agoIf they were unionised the workers wouldn't have been paid for the walkout, presumably.
- lupire 3y agoYes but that's the illegal version of strike, which is met with violent law enforcement response.
- lupire 3y agoThe recent protest did not interfere with anyone's work. The office space they occupied was otherwise vacant. The Google walkout wasn't a whole day. It was one outdoor meeting