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> Weird. So I could get a job and then just hang out outside “striking” and not work and still get paid and they can never fire me? Striking workers don't get
by 394549 8y ago
> Weird. So I could get a job and then just hang out outside “striking” and not work and still get paid and they can never fire me?
Striking workers don't get paid by the employer while they're striking. That's why unions have "strike funds" -- to keep striking members financially solvent while they strike.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_pay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_pay
> I don’t understand the laws here.
They're meant to protect the rights of employees to strike. If companies were allowed to fire union members just because they're participate in union activities (like strikes), it'd be trivial for management to break union power for the low wage/low skill jobs that most need unions.
- erikpukinskis 8y agoI see. Well in that case it seems like Tesla can just wait for a strike, hire more workers to replace the ones who are striking while keeping the strikers on the books without pay, and then if the strikers ask for their shifts back, just phase them in, while also doing rolling layoffs to get rid of unnecessary workers (strikers or new hires depending on who has the lowest performance). Then unions could defeat this by doing rhythmic striking, but I think Tesla might be in their rights to fire a worker who is repeatedly striking in a systematic way to interfere with Tesla’s hiring.