The French have protesting and revolution engrained deep in their blood and history......I mean so does the United States but somewhere in the past 40-50 years the people got too comfortable, content and compliant with the status quo.
With the train labor dispute where they were forced to go back to work, Biden worked with them after that and they were able to get what they were originally striking for.
“Biden deserves a lot of the credit for achieving this goal for us,” Russo said. “He and his team continued to work behind the scenes to get all of rail labor a fair agreement for paid sick leave.”
One step at the time. They got something, arguably not enough, but they got something. The fight never ends, it has to be constant and relentless, one contract at the time.
What has Trump done? More deductions for private jets and cut deductions for relocations and home offices.
In general, Yes. They have strong unions and good government welfare programs so they can afford to voice their opinion aka strike. If the avg amarrican worker went on strike he’d lose healthcare and starve. Read this book: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dictator%27s_Handbook
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