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.
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.
On 11 March trade unions in Finland began a wave of strike action which has closed all cargo handling in Finnish ports and halted freight traffic on railways.
It's not the last resort, it's the last civilized resort.
It's odd to me that Finland elected this government given their high unionization rate. I'd expect union folks to vote against them which is the majority as far as I can tell form afar. Did this party bamboozle them that they won't attack workers' rights?
Pretty much, yeah. The ”Finns Party” have marketed themselves as taking care of the average Finn, that is the workers, and this is the result. The national coalition on the other hand has never been ashamed of working as the political wing of big capital.
@avidamoeba @cyu "You'll keep your jobs because we'll keep the Brown people out!" seems to be the major selling point, every time, in every country