Tournament: Longhorn Classic | Round: 2 | Opponent: Bridgeland AR | Judge: Morgan Tucker
Oppression FW
Debate is a space for real world change, but we have to consider tangible policy action above all else—ideal theory abstracts away from material consequences and legitimizes oppression
Curry 14: Dr. Tommy J. Curry 14, “The Cost of a Thing: A Kingian Reformulation of a Living Wage Argument in the 21st Century”, Victory Briefs, 2014
This outweighs – dlearning philosophy makes us immoral
Posner 98: The Problematics of Moral and Legal Theory, Richard A. Posner Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; University of Chicago Law School., Harvard Law Review, Vol. 111, No. 7 (May, 1998), pp. 1637-1717
Plan
Attacks on the fundamental right to strike violate the fundamental right to the freedom of association inherent to the International Labor Organization. This affront to the ILO decimates the very foundations of International labor law and eviscerates it’s effectiveness. Only a right to strike protects this.
Vogt 2016 (Jeffrey Vogt, The Right to Strike and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), King’s Law Journal, Vol 27, 2016, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09615768.2016.1148297?journalCode=rklj20)//NotJacob
Effective ILO is key to global labor standards – studies of the preparatory process prove it’s effectiveness.
Kolliev 2021 (Faradj Koliev is a researcher at the Department of Political Science, Promoting international labour standards: The ILO and national labour regulations, July 21, 2021)NotJacob
Solving ILO reduces inequality and benefits the global economy creating sustainable enterprises
ILO 21. “The benefits of International Labor Standards,” International Labor organization; https://www.ilo.org/global/standards/introduction-to-international-labour-standards/the-benefits-of-international-labour-standards/lang~-~-en/index.htm//Trusha
2- democracy
The right to strike is a core check against concentration of power – failing to protect it erodes democratic principles
IER ’17: Institute of Employment Rights. “UN Rights Expert: Right to strike is essential to democracy”. March 10th, 2017. https://www.ier.org.uk/news/un-rights-expert-right-strike-essential-democracy/. FD.
The plan allows for greater voter turnout-especially for minorities thereby reinforcing key ideas of democracy
McElwee 15, Sean. (Sean McElwee is a research associate at Demos.) "How Unions Boost Democratic Participation." The American Prospect, 16 Sept. 2015, prospect.org/labor/unions-boost-democratic-participation/.
Strong democracies are key to global homogeneity and allows for better solvency for global issues.
Kendall-Taylor 16 Andrea; Deputy national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council, Senior associate in the Human Rights Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington; “How Democracy’s Decline Would Undermine the International Order,” CSIS; 7/15/16; https://www.csis.org/analysis/how-democracyE28099s-decline-would-undermine-international-order/
1AC- unions
Striking is an essential tool used by labor Unions to protect workers’ interests and ensure fair bargaining processes
Metcalf ’18: Thomas Metcalf. “Tactics Used by Labor Unions: Striking and Collective Bargaining”. Small Business Chronicles. Spring 2018. https://smallbusiness.chron.com/labor-laws-union-strikes-61040.html. FD.
Strong labor unions are k2 protecting works from inequity by produced automation
Green ’19: Ken Green. “How Unions Can Protect the Workers Who Are Most Vulnerable to Automation”. Union Track. September 17th, 2019. https://www.uniontrack.com/blog/unions-and-automation. FD.