Holy shit please do not do this. This is the most disorganised disaster I’ve ever seen and all they’re going to do is get vulnerable people fired. Do not go on strike as an individual. Do not do not do not. The point of a strike is collective action to show the collective power of workers.
It is not enough to say that the NLRB has made vague gestures at showing that a non-union strike is theoretically possible. If you get fired illegally and you’re not part of a union, who’s going to pay for your employment tribunal? You? Unless you’re aware of how expensive tribunals can be and have that money set to the side, you’re opening yourself up to a world of hurt.
This is genuinely the most dangerous, nonsensical thing I’ve seen on this website in a long, long time. Do not do this. Do not mistake masturbatory individualistic action for a collective movement.
If you would like to find a way to seriously stick it to your bosses, speak to your coworkers, organise an actual union in your workplace (if you need pointers on this, don’t be afraid to reach out — I’ve done it before and would be happy to share pointers!). If you want public healthcare, get involved in any of the myriad campaigns for single payer going on. But do not, do not welcome unnecessary risk into your life like this.
Seriously, this is so incredibly sus. You do not just organize a general strike on a national scale by sending out a tweet and slapping together a website with no relevant information. At best, this is a well-intentioned but dangerously misguided social media activism move. At worst, this is an intentional disinformation campaign to undermine the labor movement. Do your research and learn your history before getting involved in stuff like this- the consequences are very real
I’m not passing around blame but this feels like a consequence of social media activism misunderstood as organizing. It rarely if ever is. Social media can be introductory, informative, and discursive, but you can’t organize workers by announcing what they should be doing
Trust me on this one: it's a total shit show. It's Dashcon levels of shit show. I wrote a post expanding on what I found on 7/19/21 and since then the people running this thing have had two massive shakeups.
The coordinators are changing usernames and profile pictures to shake off the negative screenshots. The oldest coordinator at the present moment is 23 and I don't think any of them have any experience organizing anything.
There are no unions backing this. They don't have any money for legal funds or compensation if you lose your job.
These people aren't bad, but they are young and have no experience.
Also when ppl ask about how they will specifically support poc/LGBT+/disabled ppl who would be more vulnerable in this strike, they just get v combative and defensive for no reason and say they only accept constructive criticism.
They have links for donations but have no plan for where those funds would be going specifically, in terms of like legal funds, living expenses support, etc.
The only time I've heard of where a general strike like this worked was in Iceland when all the women went on strike from paying jobs and housework. But there are obvious differences between that and this.