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No? They're not drafted, you can't compel grocery store workers to work. It just turns out that we rely more than people thought on some of the least protected
by eropple 7y ago
No? They're not drafted, you can't compel grocery store workers to work. It just turns out that we rely more than people thought on some of the least protected of our citizens, and this is a pretty good chance to have their voices be heard.
- txcwpalpha 7y agoBeing drafted isn't relevant to the question. The NLRA does indeed specify that strikes can be illegal in certain situations, such as if doing so would cause a national emergency. I don't know if this particular strike falls under that or other criteria.
- fart_ratty 7y agoSomething like Eisenhower did with the steel workers could happen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_strike_of_1959#Invocation_of_Taft-Hartley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_strike_of_1959#Invocatio...
- amelius 7y ago> you can't compel grocery store workers to work No but organizing to not work as a group is something else.