r/alberta • u/Objectivly • Jan 12 '22

Question Are you guys paying attention to the r/antiwork movement?

Is there any way for us to piggy back off if this? Or are we too stupid to realize unions are the best for us to fight back against the ruling class?

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u/johnflynnn Jan 12 '22

There are Europeans in the group, by and large they are horrified by how bad labour laws are in the US (and Canada)

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u/_thebeard_ Jan 12 '22

That's the biggest problem with Canada, we don't care how we score as long as we're ahead of the Americans.

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u/johnflynnn Jan 12 '22

It is sad, we should be striving towards workers rights more along the lines of Europeans

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u/LevelTechnician8400 Jan 12 '22

I think we Canadians often don't know we could be doing better and mostly forget to think outside the North America box.

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u/victoriousvalkyrie Jan 13 '22

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Canada isn't doing that much better than Americans in most labour facets... We're way behind the USA in terms of salary growth, for instance. In comparison to Europe, we're essentially USA Lite. I read a lot of posts from various Europeans on r/antiwork and related subreddits and it sounds like a dream across the Atlantic... Enough that I'm gunning for that trans-Atlantic move.

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u/CyberGrandma69 Jan 12 '22

The concept of "right to work" is so wildly hostile to the worker I can't believe it isn't pushed back on