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> Many government positions do not give you a right to strike. That may be true in other countries. In Canada, our Federal government employees are part of a
by ygjb 6y ago
> Many government positions do not give you a right to strike.
That may be true in other countries. In Canada, our Federal government employees are part of a union that comprises 200,000 employees.
The rest of what you wrote is a very American perspective on public service, unions, and payroll structures that is almost entirely irrelevant to a discussion of Canadian government agencies.
As for your last paragraph, it's easy to imagine firefighters and police officers going on strike, because they do (at least here). So do our bus drivers and other critical employees; it's just done in a way that affects people, but with plans in place to reduce impacts to safety.
- iancmceachern 6y agoThey do all over the world, France for example recently.
- BiteCode_dev 6y agoExcept militaries. Also, firefighters and nurses seem to do fake strikes, protesting but doing their job anyway.
- refurb 6y agoThey do in the US as well with a few exceptions.
- rsj_hn 6y agoThe Federal Service Labor Management Relations Act of 1978 makes it illegal for Federal govt employees to strike and does not provide any protections for state or local employees to strike: "Government employees — state, local, and federal — do not have a right to strike under the federal law."(1) For local government, it would depend on which state you are in. 8 states do provide some rights to their state and local employees to strike, 42 states do not.(1) --- (1) See https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/20/20873867/worker-strike-walkout-stoppage-firing-job https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/20/20873867/w...
- dhx 6y agoAccording to Wikipedia the annual budget per employee at CSE calculates to be approximately USD$220,000/employee, which would be far less than the cost of hiring a typical NSA contractor[1]. This of course assumes that CSE doesn't have any other expenses (buying hardware, paying electricity bills)! If CSE employees don't find the salary competitive now, you can almost be certain that 9/10 people working there in a few years time will be on much higher contractor rates. [1] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-average-defense-department-contractor-is-paid-nearly-200000-2016-12-06 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-average-defense-depart... (these figures are extremely conservative as they're from 2015, not specific to high demand ICT jobs, and also without the scarcity in the job market that a TS/SCI clearance creates)
- hnick 6y agoIn some locations bus drivers go "on strike" by refusing to take fares for a set period of time. The service is provided, they are paid their usual salary, but magically it seems no one caught the bus that day when we look at the figures! Work to rule is another way to do it. I personally find the concept hilarious.