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The law gives unions rights essentially as a political deal in exchange for other restrictions on unions. In exchange for the law forcing companies to bargain w
by advisedwang 6y ago
The law gives unions rights essentially as a political deal in exchange for other restrictions on unions. In exchange for the law forcing companies to bargain with unions and giving some protections:
* Unions can't strike when they have a contract in place
* Unions can't strike in solidarity with each other (ie the teamsters can't strike to help a longshorement strike)
* There can't be more than one union covering the same workforce
* Unions must give advance notice of strikes
etc
- gruez 6y ago>* Unions can't strike when they have a contract in place shouldn't that be covered by contract law? eg. if company A enters into a contract with company B to supply them with widgets, then company A decides to "strike", they'd get sued for breach of contract. Doesn't the same apply to labor contracts?