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Finland: There is a worrying trend among some governments to try to silence the rights of working people. The right to strike is the last resort of workers to exercise their democratic rights. (www.itfglobal.org)

submitted 9 months ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (8 children)

It's odd to me that Finland elected this government given their high unionization rate. I'd expect union folks to vote against them which is the majority as far as I can tell form afar. Did this party bamboozle them that they won't attack workers' rights?

[–] mick_collins@toot.community 2 points 9 months ago

@avidamoeba @cyu "You'll keep your jobs because we'll keep the Brown people out!" seems to be the major selling point, every time, in every country

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