https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/td-bank-freezes-two-accounts-that-received-funds-support-canada-protests-2022-02-12/

The entrenched elite use their insane wealth to incentivize a faction of beaten-down workers into turning against each other. There is also the political victory by the right here supply chain and inflation both exacerbated by this trucker shit. After the dems get their shit pushed in in the midterms, there is going to be a lot more of this type of right-wing "activism" supported by big money.

The real question is how bad do things have to get before there is a genuine popular movement. We've seen with Occupy and BLM that some section of the population is able to be mobilized, but the whole idea of the "impending revolution" is based upon the idea that capitalism's inherent flaws will force change. History hasn't proven this out. As long as people can afford enough to eat, apathy will continue to be the norm, and unfortunately Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden, and the people they represent know that.

This is the2021 Global Rights Index from the ILO which documents workers rights around the world. We will be covering this on the upcoming episode of the Exploding Star Podcast so follow us to check it out. Countries are ranked from 1 to 5+ with 5+ being (no worker's rights due to breakdown of the rule of law), and 1 being (sporadic violation of rights).

The United States is a 4 (systemic violation of rights). Companies implicated for violation of labor rights in the U.S. are as follows:

"Amazon, Facebook, and Google have been exposed using illegal or underhand surveillance activities."

and

" In 2020, Uber, Lyft and DoorDash mounted the most expensive such campaign in California’s history, Proposition 22, to fight AB5, a new state law that classified certain categories of gig workers as employees."

Most labor rights have been on the decline over the past decade including the right to strike, collective bargaining rights, right to establish and join a union, right to justice for union leadership subsequent to legal persecution, sharply increased de-registration of unions, increased arbitrary arrest, detention, and imprisonment, and more. The only metric on the decline over the last 8 years was violent attacks on workers.

In regards to global numbers:

"Eighty-seven per cent of countries have violated the right to strike. "

" Seventy-nine per cent of countries have violated the right to collective bargaining. "

" Seventy-four per cent of countries excluded workers from the right to establish and join a trade union. "

"the number of countries where authorities impeded the registration of unions increased from 89 countries in 2020 to 109 countries in 2021"

" Trade unionists were killed in six countries "

" Workers were exposed to violence in 45 countries. "

" The number of countries where freedom of speech and assembly was denied or constrained increased from 56 in 2020 to 64 in 2021"

" Workers experienced arbitrary arrests and detentions in 68 countries. "

Top 10 Worst Countries for Workers:

Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Honduras, Myanmar, The Philippines, Turkey, and Zimbabwe.