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This is a very selective and ahistorical definition of "strike". Strikes regularly block shipping lanes and scab workers from entering so they often prevent oth

• _heimdall 2y ago
  Have 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 2y ago
  The 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 2y ago
    If they were unionised the workers wouldn't have been paid for the walkout, presumably.
• lupire 2y ago
  Yes but that's the illegal version of strike, which is met with violent law enforcement response.