I’ve been thinking about these 1 day strikes and no shopping days we’ve been having. The economic blackouts seem to not have much effect, I’ve seen it compared to a day of bad weather like we recently had with the snow and ice. Likewise, the 1 day strikes aren’t achieving an actual loss of revenue that is enough to lead to change. Most Americans can’t go on strike long-term as we live paycheck to paycheck, we don’t have savings and we don’t have mutual aid networks in place. Perhaps doing a nationwide slowdown would be more effective as we would actually be decreasing profits for the rich. It is something that could pick up steam instead of fizzle out. We can combine this with very clear demands instead of a general I don’t like this admin vibe
Here’s a couple of websites discussing:
https://museumofprotest.org/methods/slowdown-strike/
https://www.tactics.nonviolenceinternational.net/tactics/Slowdown strikes
https://archive.iww.org/about/solidarityunionism/directaction/1/
It basically means we reduce output across the board. For instance, if I work in a data center, I fix 5 servers per day instead of 10. If I work in an ER, I work as usually for emergent patients, but for non-urgent patients I reduce how many I can treat per hour. It has been used previously as a precursor to a strike or as a stand alone action. In 2015, the longshoremen union had a 4 month showdown resulting in $2 billion in losses per day
We could expand the slow down outside of the workplace as well. Like we all use the self checkout slower, drive slower, eat slower at restaurants (esp national chains w/out waiters)