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Right, I'm thinking this way too, but it seems that there are many dimensions to this question. Aside from potential impacts on me and on my employer, I'm wondering by which mechanism does a general strike create an impact? Upward pressure? News coverage? Public sentiment and consciousness? All of them combined?
As an individual, you're mostly just stuck with "symbolic solidarity".
Ideally you would have prepared beforehand and talked with your fellow employees. Hopefully, as a group, you all would decide to take part in the general strike with some prepared talking points and statements to be made to your employer/customers/local media.
Ideally, on such a large scale, the impact could be in the "All of them combined" category.
Thank you, that is insightful and useful. I'll definitely keep that in mind for if another opportunity like this comes up.