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A union formed on the basis of supporting one side of controversial global political issues with no direct connection to the wellbeing of the union workers seem
by dasil003 2y ago
A union formed on the basis of supporting one side of controversial global political issues with no direct connection to the wellbeing of the union workers seems like it would be on pretty questionable footing
- _aavaa_ 2y agoI didn't mean that workers form a union specifically just for this. But rather than they form a union for their own protection in general, and then stand in solidarity with others. This would be far from the first time it happened. Some notable examples: - The 1984 refusal of US and Canadian dockworkers to unload South African cargo in protest of the apartheid government - The 2019 The NYT Taxi Workers Alliance's work stoppage to protest a Muslin Ban - The 2020 work stoppage from the ILWU in support of BLM
- bigger_cheese 2y agoIt happened in the past in Australia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Dalfram_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Dalfram_dispute) Union workers on the docks refused to load Pig Iron which was being sent to Japan, this was whilst Japan was committing atrocities in China.