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Old 04-27-2023, 09:23 AM   #6374
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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee View Post
The strikes are to pressure the company to pay workers what their demands are, they’re essentially a negotiating tactic.

However, the pickets etc are most definitely attempts at leveraging visibility with the public for that negotiation and as such yes, there’s definitely a huge (maybe the most?) key part of it that is a photo op.
Yeah I’m not sure I can agree with your definition of photo op, it’s kinda tough to label something like strike action as a photo op when workers striking pre-dates photography don’t you think?

I would consider a politician showing up to a picket line for 5 minutes to be a photo op.
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