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No, the commander of the space station is management. He's the one who has ultimate authority to decide what his crew does, and is directed to act in the intere

No, the commander of the space station is management. He's the one who has ultimate authority to decide what his crew does, and is directed to act in the interest of their safety (which means mental as well as physical health) in order to ensure mission success. This is an inheritance of the role of a captain on a ship. If the commander/captain decides it is in the best interest of the crew to stop work, it is neither a mutiny nor a strike.

hopler 8y ago
Oversimplification is unhelpful. There are multiple levels of hierarchy. On a space ship, the commander is also a laborer and also accountable to mission control on Earth.
foobarbecue 8y ago
Like a foreman on a construction site?
- buttcoinslol 8y ago
  A foreman on a union construction site is generally a union member. The job superintendant (employed by the general contractor) would be a better analog, they're non-union management on a construction site. edit: I work in commercial construction management.
odyssey7 8y ago
I like this. It sounds like their reality didn’t match the theory.
Spooky23 8y ago
The commander is responsible for delivery, not the scope of that delivery. A military NCO or junior officer are leaders, but not management, but is more of an agent of management. If you look at paramilitary uniformed services with unionization like the police or fire service, usually the civil service ranks, up to Captain, are union members who collectively bargain. Once you leave that Captain level (a Police or Fire Captain is usually aligned with an organization similar in scope to an Army Company), you are management. The reality is that the people in space didn't do exactly what the people on the ground wanted, and suffered for it on the ground as a result. Whatever it is, it walks and quacks like a strike-like incident that was handled by the management as one would expect.
- garmaine 8y ago
  "Captain" in the Army/Police/Fire and the Navy are very different in terms of the allowed independent authority. The space agency inherited the naval model.

hopler 8y ago

Oversimplification is unhelpful. There are multiple levels of hierarchy. On a space ship, the commander is also a laborer and also accountable to mission control on Earth.

foobarbecue 8y ago

Like a foreman on a construction site?

buttcoinslol 8y ago
A foreman on a union construction site is generally a union member. The job superintendant (employed by the general contractor) would be a better analog, they're non-union management on a construction site. edit: I work in commercial construction management.

odyssey7 8y ago

I like this. It sounds like their reality didn’t match the theory.

Spooky23 8y ago

The commander is responsible for delivery, not the scope of that delivery. A military NCO or junior officer are leaders, but not management, but is more of an agent of management. If you look at paramilitary uniformed services with unionization like the police or fire service, usually the civil service ranks, up to Captain, are union members who collectively bargain. Once you leave that Captain level (a Police or Fire Captain is usually aligned with an organization similar in scope to an Army Company), you are management. The reality is that the people in space didn't do exactly what the people on the ground wanted, and suffered for it on the ground as a result. Whatever it is, it walks and quacks like a strike-like incident that was handled by the management as one would expect.

garmaine 8y ago
"Captain" in the Army/Police/Fire and the Navy are very different in terms of the allowed independent authority. The space agency inherited the naval model.