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Illegal strike was illegal. Government employees are not allowed to go on strike. Can you imagine if police or military were allowed to go on strike? The pot

by cwhiz 6y ago

Illegal strike was illegal. Government employees are not allowed to go on strike. Can you imagine if police or military were allowed to go on strike? The potential mayhem has no upper bound.

Tarq0n 6y ago
That's a very harmful assertion to make without supporting evidence. Police go on strike in other developed nations occasionally without major issues. In countries with healthy labor relations the union and employer sometimes negotiate about maintaining critical operations during a strike as well. Military strikes don't necessarily seems that harmful either considering the majority of military personnel is not on active deployment at any given time.
- cwhiz 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray-Hill_riot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray-Hill_riot There are numerous examples of mayhem when police go on strike. In most cases, the military, guard, or militia are brought in to maintain some semblance of order. There is a reason police strikes are illegal.
  - trasz 6y ago
    They are illegal in US, differently from many of the civilised countries.
    - cwhiz 6y ago
      Most countries in the world have restrictions on striking. Including Canada, Mexico, UK, France, Spain, Germany, South Korea, Japan, and others. Most of our allies. I guess none of these countries are civilized.
krageon 6y ago
> Can you imagine if police or military were allowed to go on strike Both parties are heavily invested in beating and harassing strikers, so you would have to assume their internal culture doesn't have a whole lot of space for the concept of going on strike.
- cwhiz 6y ago
  >Both parties are heavily invested in beating and harassing strikers That is some impressive hyperbole right there. Police have attempted to strike throughout US history, but the ensuing mayhem caused legislatures to change the laws.
  - lordgrenville 6y ago
    And where it's illegal, there's always "blue flu". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_flu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_flu
- neartheplain 6y ago
  Police have gone on strike before. Results were exactly as GP predicted. https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1969-montreals-night-of-terror https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1969-montreals-night-of-te...
devilduck 6y ago
Wow have you even watched RoboCop 2? That's a documentary on what would happen if the police went on strike. The unwashed masses are obviously a bunch of apes, unable to govern themselves

by cwhiz 6y ago

Illegal strike was illegal. Government employees are not allowed to go on strike. Can you imagine if police or military were allowed to go on strike? The potential mayhem has no upper bound.

Tarq0n 6y ago

That's a very harmful assertion to make without supporting evidence. Police go on strike in other developed nations occasionally without major issues. In countries with healthy labor relations the union and employer sometimes negotiate about maintaining critical operations during a strike as well. Military strikes don't necessarily seems that harmful either considering the majority of military personnel is not on active deployment at any given time.

cwhiz 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray-Hill_riot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray-Hill_riot There are numerous examples of mayhem when police go on strike. In most cases, the military, guard, or militia are brought in to maintain some semblance of order. There is a reason police strikes are illegal.
- trasz 6y ago
  They are illegal in US, differently from many of the civilised countries.
  - cwhiz 6y ago
    Most countries in the world have restrictions on striking. Including Canada, Mexico, UK, France, Spain, Germany, South Korea, Japan, and others. Most of our allies. I guess none of these countries are civilized.

krageon 6y ago

> Can you imagine if police or military were allowed to go on strike Both parties are heavily invested in beating and harassing strikers, so you would have to assume their internal culture doesn't have a whole lot of space for the concept of going on strike.

cwhiz 6y ago
>Both parties are heavily invested in beating and harassing strikers That is some impressive hyperbole right there. Police have attempted to strike throughout US history, but the ensuing mayhem caused legislatures to change the laws.
- lordgrenville 6y ago
  And where it's illegal, there's always "blue flu". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_flu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_flu
neartheplain 6y ago
Police have gone on strike before. Results were exactly as GP predicted. https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1969-montreals-night-of-terror https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1969-montreals-night-of-te...

devilduck 6y ago

Wow have you even watched RoboCop 2? That's a documentary on what would happen if the police went on strike. The unwashed masses are obviously a bunch of apes, unable to govern themselves