Use noutube instead

Or just ban them entirely

I agree that forming unions is super important. A slowdown might even indicate which of our coworkers would be willing to unionize. This is important because ppl working for union busting companies don’t know who at work they can trust.

It would be great if there could be coordination with the big unions going on strike while the rest of us do a slowdown. My industry (IT) is not unionized, but if we slowed down it would have a huge economic impact that would actually impact the oligarchs. It would also impede their ability to track immigrants. We could also start a slowdown next week and then the unions could join us.

I think that the demands we should have are to free every person in ICE/CBP detention and to completely disband ICE and CBP. Freeing the people in detention is one of the reasons I think we should do a slowdown ASAP. Waiting for the unions to schedule a strike means that more people are suffering, being abused/raped & being killed by ICE/CBP

A full strike is definitely more effective, but that doesn’t mean that a slowdown strike does not have its place. It has been used historically by the same great grandparents that went on strike as well as more recently. It can be used on its own or as a precursor to a full strike

I don’t think that we should discount the idea just because a full strike would be better. A slowdown strike could be organized next week, could expand as ppl learn about it, could be organized without waiting for people to form unions or set up mutual aid. The website you shared talks about earning trust in nonprofits for months to set up mutual aid networks. Setting up a union also takes time. People want to act now. A slowdown strike can also build worker unity

Here’s a couple of websites discussing:

https://museumofprotest.org/methods/slowdown-strike/

https://www.tactics.nonviolenceinternational.net/tactics/Slowdown strikes

https://archive.iww.org/about/solidarityunionism/directaction/1/

It basically means we reduce output across the board. For instance, if I work in a data center, I fix 5 servers per day instead of 10. If I work in an ER, I work as usually for emergent patients, but for non-urgent patients I reduce how many I can treat per hour. It has been used previously as a precursor to a strike or as a stand alone action. In 2015, the longshoremen union had a 4 month showdown resulting in $2 billion in losses per day

We could expand the slow down outside of the workplace as well. Like we all use the self checkout slower, drive slower, eat slower at restaurants (esp national chains w/out waiters)

That’s really too far off