Don’t do this
General strikes are a big deal. They need organization, mass support, an agreed-upon list of demands, related demonstrations, etc. It’s not as easy as 10k people across the country at multiple different jobs not showing up – despite what you think, that will be seen as 10k independent occurrences and will result in several thousand firings for no call/no shows with no other notice paid. Even if this wildcat general strike gets enough traction to be seen as an actual threat (which is unlikely as just a viral tumblr post), the government will simply respond with arrests and brutality as they have in the past, and no part of this post prepares people for that
Instead, participate in the Earth Strike on January 15th to demand corporate and government action against climate change
And don’t just decide to do it on your own – talk to your coworkers, get in touch with local unions and your IWW branch, talk to local chapters of climate activism groups like Rising Tide, 350.org, and Transition Towns to organize concurrent demonstrations and actions, and spread the word as much as you can so we can get some steam behind this in the 2 months we have to prepare
“Fuck Work Day” would probably just make things worse while scaring people off from participating in the real coordinated action less than a month later
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Throughout history even incredibly well organized strikes have been fucked. Strikes are a big deal, you can’t just have a “fuck work day”. For one, what if ten thousand people don’t actually do it. Then maybe 3000 people get fired and change nothing. Second if ten thousand people strike, they will get fired, they will hire scabs, and sure take a loss,but the government will intervene and there will be arrests. If anybody is actually serious about this, research both local unions and activism groups and the history of unionizing, because it is not as easy as, “a bunch of people on a social media sites reblogged it, we can change the world”
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