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[–] Lowered_lifted@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Instead of being smug Europeans could try to help foster solidarity amongst the workers of the world and help Americans fight for their labor rights

[–] bpeu@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for your comment. I'm currently out of office on annual summer vacation until 30th sep 2023.

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ok, how do I, as an individual, do that?

[–] Fubar91@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

By posting memes on Lemmy to piss off Americans, so they start to take formative action after they research the memes context and realise they don't have free health care, cheap/free post secondary education, and mandatory holidays like the EU bros.

Tldr: Post them memes buddy!

Edit: guys... this is c/memes. Y'all are taking this way too literally lmao.

[–] Lowered_lifted@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

We are very aware of the shittiness of our labor laws

[–] Lowered_lifted@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Motivation to even want to have some solidarity instead of smugness is the first step honey.

[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I would recommend you start by joining the Industrial Workers of the World and paying monthly dues to empower the union to fight the fight necessary. https://www.iww.org/membership/

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

I'm in a union here in Germany. Why am I supposed to pay up for the folks in the US who still act against their interests and refuse to unionize or vote for worker's rights?

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is a difference in interests at work between employees and employers. Even if someone doesn't own the business, if they have real hiring and firing power over other workers then they count as an employer to us.

I have two direct reports at work, so it seems like they consider me an employer, and I'm not eligible to join.

[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

yep, capitalist scum

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Establish more labor unions! This is the only solution.

[–] gunnm@monero.town 1 points 1 year ago

That fight is on your own.

[–] l0v9ZU5Z@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

OP being smug also increases the reach of the post by a lot compared to a dry post about solidarity.

[–] sederx@programming.dev -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

maybe stop calling everybody on this side a "sOcIaLiSt" and we might feel like it

[–] Lowered_lifted@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Imagine thinking that the American posting asking for worker's solidarity is somehow not left of the socialists

[–] masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago

Who cares about Americans?