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> Sympathy / Support strikes by neighboring unions are not legal for example. I don't understand why union members just don't break the law and strike anyway.
by pmoriarty 5y ago
> Sympathy / Support strikes by neighboring unions are not legal for example.
I don't understand why union members just don't break the law and strike anyway.
A lot of the protests during the Civil Rights struggle in America were illegal (and were met with lethal force, dogs, firehoses, etc..) yet the people still protested... and prevailed.
- Cederfjard 5y agoThis is not backed up by any data, so I welcome being rebuked, but my gut feeling is that those people were worse off than the ones who are unionized today, so the risks were worth it. Perhaps today the calculus yields a different outcome.
- flurie 5y agoThe monumental failure of the PATCO strike[1] has had lingering effects that continue through today. [1] https://libraries.uta.edu/news-events/blog/1981-patco-strike https://libraries.uta.edu/news-events/blog/1981-patco-strike