Podcast on the strike; https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/22/podcasts/the-daily/alabama-coal-mine-strike.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Background; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E2%80%932022_Warrior_Met_Coal_strike
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August 24, 2022
Trenkle's piece might be of…
Trenkle's piece might be of interest, as it touches on the contradiction between tackling ecological issues and protecting workers' jobs (though Trenkle is by no means the first to discuss such contradictions; my emphasis),
I suppose one could also argue that in the here-and-now we could still sympathize with such strikes, but in the long-term such socially useless/harmful productive activity (e.g. coal mining, the auto industry, and so on) must be stopped.
Yes, that seems the only…
Yes, that seems the only sane position.
Potential rail strike in the…
Potential rail strike in the US, https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-hosting-talks-with-union-railroads-avert-shutdown-2022-09-14/