Labor unions, democratic organizations and community groups are organizing an economic blackout this year to commemorate May Day, International Workers Day, inspired by the economic blackout in Minnesota during the massive ICE operation in the state.
May Day Strong events are being planned across the US, with organizers calling for “no school, no work, no shopping”, in protest of government policies they say put billionaires’ needs above those of workers.
“May Day has to become bigger in this moment,” said Stacy Davis Gates, president of the Chicago Teachers Union and Illinois Federation of Teachers. The unions have backed the economic blackout planned for May Day. “This is about building a more popular united front.”
I don’t think it’s that easy; people are taking out ten year loans on cars rather than just buy used just because they want something new. Ticketmaster has been blatantly ripping people off on concert tickets for decades and the way to fix it would be to just stop buying overpriced tickets, but people are still spending what Ticketmaster is asking. There’s no impulse control for luxury items anymore.
It baffles me that in this economy, companies are still making money off luxury items
That’s the only market they care about anymore, as far as i can tell. Companies would rather try to sell 10 $1,000 items than 100 $100 items. Understandable in certain respects, but the brunt of the equation lands on the less well-heeled consumers…