The Picard Maneuver to People [email protected] • 8 months agoA necessary reminder that our work/life structure is flawedimagemessage-square100arrow-up11.58Karrow-down124starcopymore-verticalflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
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minus-square@Zachariahlink127•8 months agoAnd even that was a compromise from just working until you drop. People organized and died for the 40-hour workweek. arrow-up1127arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareThe QuuuuuilllinkfedilinkEnglish45•8 months agoLiterally got on trains, headed into West Virginia, shot at each other, stormed machine gun pillboxes, and got bombed. If it weren’t for those people we’d still be in labor camps arrow-up145arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@HootinNHollerinlink23•8 months agoPinkertons murdering workers at Carnegie Steel arrow-up123arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•8 months agoThe same Pinkertons that were sent after some guy who grabbed a few Magic the Gathering cards? arrow-up111arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@Mirshelink12•8 months agoHe didn’t even grab them, he was sent the wrong box by the warehouse by mistake. arrow-up112arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareThassodarlinkfedilinkEnglish7•8 months agoPretty sure Nintendo has made use of the Pinkertons as well. arrow-up17arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
And even that was a compromise from just working until you drop. People organized and died for the 40-hour workweek.
Literally got on trains, headed into West Virginia, shot at each other, stormed machine gun pillboxes, and got bombed. If it weren’t for those people we’d still be in labor camps
Pinkertons murdering workers at Carnegie Steel
The same Pinkertons that were sent after some guy who grabbed a few Magic the Gathering cards?
He didn’t even grab them, he was sent the wrong box by the warehouse by mistake.
Pretty sure Nintendo has made use of the Pinkertons as well.