Protests sweep France against far right threat (freedomnews.org.uk)

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[-] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I assume that the reich-wingers will use these protests as justification for crackdowns.

Here in Finland we had months of strikes against our current extremely conservative government's cuts to public services, welfare etc. – naturally their reaction was to refuse to negotiate and make political strikes illegal, and to use the strikes to vilify unions and as scapegoats for poor economic performance

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Link to article about changing laws on strikes in Finland? Thats a big deal, and it never made it into my feed

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Sure!

article from Yle, the national broadcast company: https://yle.fi/a/74-20087808
Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finland-introduce-200-euro-fine-participation-illegal-strikes-2024-02-22/
more in depth article by SAK, a "labor confederation" (sort of like a union of unions): https://www.sak.fi/en/whats-new/serious-grounds/restrictions-right-strike

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