> employees should stop their illegal strike, employees should stop any action encouraging others to strike illegally ...which seems reasonable, except I don't

> employees should stop their illegal strike, employees should stop any action encouraging others to strike illegally ...which seems reasonable, except I don't agree there's such a thing as an illegal strike. In a free country, any worker is entitled to withdraw their labour. They may face the consequence that their employer withdraws compensation. If they're in a strong union, and the union has endorsed withdrawal of labour, then they have some protection from the employer withdrawing compensation. > I mean, it's no different than if you and I write up a contract to buy a car. That's a bit like saying that because my union signed a contract to buy a car, then I'm personally bound by the terms of the contract. It ain't so. You're confusing the unions collective-bargaining agreement with the employer, with the employee's employment contract. In most free countries, you cannot be ordered by a court to return to work if you withdraw your labour. The worker has not contracted that he will work overtime against his will, simply because that's in the union's agreement with the employer. I'm not familiar with the terms of the employment contracts, but that doesn't seem to be what this pivots on.