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1. bdefor+T7[view] [source] 2020-03-21 17:24:59
>>hhs+(OP)
Glad to see this from Amazon, although I see it heading off the inevitable. Wouldn't this be the most powerful moment for employees in 'essential' services to engage in worker strikes? Is there any legal precedent for what governments would do?

With all this war rhetoric thrown around, it seems a reasonable jump to declare essential workers troops on the frontline deserving of what we give other troops (free health care, pension, heavily subsidized secondary education)

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2. kortil+Dy[view] [source] 2020-03-21 20:27:26
>>bdefor+T7
Iirc during ww2 the military was there to just take union workers jobs if they went on strike in critical sections like mines.
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