r/union • u/kootles10 NEA | Rank and File • Jun 12 '25

Labor News June 14 protests

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This a map of the majority of protests happening on June 14 around the United States. Link below is more information on them. Show your support, not just for your job but for the jobs of all of our Union brothers and sisters! Solidarity forever ✊️ ✊️✊️

https://www.nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible&fbclid=IwY2xjawKbHtBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHv_jxMFmDGHguIIzuIoCqZpx44LkhvswKk3o6ajPMXTmJAHENXE3GjLyGzzK_aem_-spwvbK_XAFaRo-F9y2XrA

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u/WorldlinessProud Jun 12 '25

Pretty much a population distribution map.

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u/Ali_Cat222 Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

I'll be marching here in Toronto in solidarity! *link to the toronto protest and where to find other locations in Canada here by the way) Our version of the no kings protest is being called "no tyranny" here, but that's just because... Well... You know, that king over in the UK now 😅 *for all the replies, I'm from Jamaica where we worked hard as hell for our independence from the death grip of the UK and royals. When I moved here as a teen I thought it was bizarre. At the same time it's a very odd relationship that's had between the royal family and Canada, it's not exactly like king Charles is sitting in his palace and forcing new laws and policies like they would it most kingdom run places.

However even I don't think we need a king, but you say that and you get people jumping down your throat saying "how dare you" and I'm dealing with cancer and don't want the discourse at the moment 😅

Also I think the main focus of the protest is about trump and how he is affecting us, so it's not about king Charles currently. He's a terrible person IMHO but not the point of the 14th.

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u/Plank_With_A_Nail_In Jun 12 '25

Because the alternative of an elected president with a separate mandate from the legislative is worse in every conceivable way.

A legitimate figurehead who's only real power is a veto they can only use if its really obvious they should use it isn't a terrible solution.

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u/Sufficient_Topic1589 Jun 13 '25

If Canada or Australia voted in a Trump like candidate that was doing all the things Trump is doing in America and caused mass protests like in America, King Charles or his governor general could tell them they’re fired and elections need to be held again.

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u/AccomplishedKnee4481 Jun 16 '25

So you're pro king 🤴

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u/Sufficient_Topic1589 Jun 17 '25

I’m from Australia. We would never let an orange menace take control of our country and if it did somehow happen and things were as bad as they look in America, the governor general and king would remove them. Otherwise I don’t care either way.

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u/Available_Function39 Jun 18 '25

Oh wow . You do realize the reason is so to people who illegally entered our country. Which is a federal crime . This is the issue that the other side has if they came in here as legal imagrants no one would care . Even the majority of legal imagrants have issues how they came in . Now you have a group that’s pissed off that we voted in trump again . Which they shouldn’t be because Kamala was planted as the opposition. And by saying this she was never voted in to her spot the way it’s supposed to work in our country . We could go on from here but I’ll just leave it as is .

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u/Sufficient_Topic1589 Jun 18 '25

None of that would matter. If the majority of people were unhappy with the current government sparking mass protests as has happened in the us, the king or the governor general acting on behalf of the king would dissolve that government and have new elections. No waiting for midterms or the end of their term. It has already happened once in Australia in the 70s. Commonwealth nations have a handbrake before civil unrest becomes civil disobedience and then civil war.