#unionism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #unionism, aggregated by home.social.
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@jlou
There is one economic model that might fit your thinking, I remember seeing someone tooting about it a while back, darned if I can remember whom though or what it was called. The word ‘commons’ keeps coming to mind and I recall thinking at the time that this was a #Zombie economic model, an old system dressed up as new.Of note though is that common ownership is already there in the public sphere. All public assets and services are commonly owned and failry democratic in operations (Unions rep are present in most Department management levels — I certainly participated and was very active in Defence). I would not expect any common ownership in private assets though the shareholder model does and that represents a restricted type of common ownership. I’d also contend that there is a level of democracy in annual general shareholders meetings as well.
Workers’ Coops work where the workers (including management) are the only shareholders of the means of production in a capitalist system. This is not new. There are working enterprises structured this way in the UK I believe. That these are not widely implemented speaks to issues and problems (though I’m ignorant of the specific cases or causes). A Communist system does no implement this in any way since everything belongs to the State as it does in a truly fascist system. Socialism is a many faceted beast and might have pockets of workers’ Coops but it would not exclude private enterprises either. All of these have been tried in part or in full and economic history is riddled with their remains. Unlike other economic models, Capitalist systems have been structured and shown to work using the whole gammut of possible structures, from #Slavery to privately owned empires. The same could not be said of other historical economic systems. In my view, the greater the diversity of structures the more likely it is to be a successful economic model as a whole and the greater the benefit to society in the aggregate.
If you can point me to economists proposing new models I’d really appreciate it (ommiting MMT ‘cause I know about that one already). Thank you for the conversation.
#Capitalism #Communism #Socialism #WorkersCoOp #MMT #Fascism #DemocracyInTheWorkplace #Unionism #Commons
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This is what I miss the most, strong #Unionism without criminality and corruption (aka with constitutional and legal oversight).
“Breaking people into identity groups and having them fight each other has always played into the hands of the powerful because it undermines the more material bonds of class that unite us. When trade unions were stronger, they could provide a counterpoint by driving solidarity across race and gender from the shop floor up, championing material benefits such as equal pay, universal healthcare and super. As those networks have weakened, so has that consensus.” (Peter Lewis in The Guardan
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/feb/25/pauline-hanson-one-nation-popularity-lesson-for-progressives-ntwnfb )#JoinYourUnionNow #Unionism #AusPol #PHON #UnitedWeStand #DividedWeFall #EatTheRich #Antifa
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É com grande pesar que o IHC comunica o falecimento de Cristina Nogueira.
Investigadora do IHC desde há mais de uma década, faleceu no dia 10 de Outubro.
Empenhada cívica e politicamente, poucas pessoas souberam como ela, com a sua coragem, persistência e generosidade, articular investigação e acção cívica.
https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/cristina-nogueira-memoriam/
#Histodons #RIP #InMemoriam #History #Resistance #PCP #Communism #Unionism #OralHistory #Comunismo #Resistência #Sindicalismo #HistóriaOral
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On May 1st 1890 in Paris, left-wing activists wore a red triangle:
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One for 8 hours work,
one for 8 hours leisure,
one for 8 hours rest."Red triangle: the working-class origins of an anti-fascist symbol" (fr) https://www.solidaire.org/articles/triangle-rouge-les-origines-ouvrieres-d-un-symbole-antifasciste
#antiFascism #struggles #labour #labor #workHours #redTriangle #invertedTriangle #triangle #Mai1st #unionism #tradeUnions #Paris #LabourDay #LaborDay #OTD
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On May 1st 1890 in Paris, left-wing activists wore a red triangle:
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One for 8 hours work,
one for 8 hours leisure,
one for 8 hours rest."Red triangle: the working-class origins of an anti-fascist symbol" (fr) https://www.solidaire.org/articles/triangle-rouge-les-origines-ouvrieres-d-un-symbole-antifasciste
#antiFascism #struggles #labour #labor #workHours #redTriangle #invertedTriangle #triangle #Mai1st #unionism #tradeUnions #Paris #LabourDay #LaborDay #OTD
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On May 1st 1890 in Paris, left-wing activists wore a red triangle:
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One for 8 hours work,
one for 8 hours leisure,
one for 8 hours rest."Red triangle: the working-class origins of an anti-fascist symbol" (fr) https://www.solidaire.org/articles/triangle-rouge-les-origines-ouvrieres-d-un-symbole-antifasciste
#antiFascism #struggles #labour #labor #workHours #redTriangle #invertedTriangle #triangle #Mai1st #unionism #tradeUnions #Paris #LabourDay #LaborDay #OTD
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On May 1st 1890 in Paris, left-wing activists wore a red triangle:
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One for 8 hours work,
one for 8 hours leisure,
one for 8 hours rest."Red triangle: the working-class origins of an anti-fascist symbol" (fr) https://www.solidaire.org/articles/triangle-rouge-les-origines-ouvrieres-d-un-symbole-antifasciste
#antiFascism #struggles #labour #labor #workHours #redTriangle #invertedTriangle #triangle #Mai1st #unionism #tradeUnions #Paris #LabourDay #LaborDay #OTD
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On May 1st 1890 in Paris, left-wing activists wore a red triangle:
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One for 8 hours work,
one for 8 hours leisure,
one for 8 hours rest."Red triangle: the working-class origins of an anti-fascist symbol" (fr) https://www.solidaire.org/articles/triangle-rouge-les-origines-ouvrieres-d-un-symbole-antifasciste
#antiFascism #struggles #labour #labor #workHours #redTriangle #invertedTriangle #triangle #Mai1st #unionism #tradeUnions #Paris #LabourDay #LaborDay #OTD
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This is a call for a big demo and the start of a general strike the 5th of december 2024.
#iww #unionism #generalstrike #CIT #ozzip #usi #fora
@iwwita @belfastiww @northumbriaIWW @IWWRuhrgebiet @IclCit @pracownicza -
I think the #DUP are selling it as a win because they have seen of the challenge from #UUP & #TUV. They are clearly relieved that they are still the biggest Unionist party. The small matter of their shrinking vote share and the fact they didn't gain any seats is something they are glossing over.
They can't even begin to address core problems that #Unionism face. It's vote is shrinking, they can't even convince the voters they have to vote to come out and vote for them
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I would say the #UUP vote is disappearing to the #Alliance party.
I really doubt that #Unionism vote had disappeared - large parts of Unionism's vote stayed at home. One electoral ward was as low as 33%!
They are still there but their politicians aren't motivating them to come out! #NIpolitics
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As wee Jeff ( 😭 ) comes on TV
today - talking about being biggest party of #Unionism, which is correct.But remember that the Unionism (#UUP & #DUP) were once the biggest parties throughout NI history. The #UUP once dominated #Belfast City Council - which now has #Sinn Fein has it's largest party.
#Doug & #Jeff are talking about the #future of Unionism, getting their people out to vote. It would help if they offered them a vision of the #future that didn't look like #NI pre
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Unionism is blocking progress in Ireland | Morning Star
#Unionism
#Ireland
#Biden
#Irishness
#AntiIrish
#Tories
#NorthernIrelandProtocol
#NIP
#Brexit
#WindsorFramework
#UlsterSaysNo
#GoodFridayAgreement
#PowerSharing
#Homophobia
#Homosexuality
#Sectarianism
#DUP
#LabourMovement
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@helvick I agree, he would have delivered quite a speech in #Stormont if it had been sitting. What an image that would have been to send to the world. 25 years after the #GoodFridayAgreement everyone of all shades, sitting together, working together for all. It would have won the #Unionists so much goodwill. But they went down the usual path and said no.
Just confirming what we all know...#Unionism isn't capable of operating in the 21st Century.
