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Finland: There is a worrying trend among some governments to try to silence the rights of working people. The right to strike is the last resort of workers to exercise their democratic rights. (www.itfglobal.org)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Oh this is great. So the standard program. 🥲

Is there any feeling of a renewal of the awareness that unions are important, as of late?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Yes and no.

Those of us who have always seen them as desperately needed guardians of workers' rights have been proven to be right, but the masses who have bought the right wing lies see the unions as just standing in the way of economic growth. The corporate owned media spews these lies non-stop, so the uninformed may easily fall for them.

The proposed shittification of working conditions is on an unprecedented level. One would have to be a fool to think this would serve any workers, it is all just to give more power to the employers and severely limit the worker's right to protest.

Our country used to stand out in working together to find a common ground and compromises in difficult political questions. Now the country has become more and more divided into left and right. And compromises are off the table, the corporate-backed right is going for a crushing victory which would poison the political field for who knows how long.

This future looks bleak.