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The government has unions right? I'm surprised by now that no one called for a strike. Sure, it'd be rendered illegal, but if your job is being cut haphazardly,
by johnnyanmac 2y ago
The government has unions right? I'm surprised by now that no one called for a strike. Sure, it'd be rendered illegal, but if your job is being cut haphazardly, what have you got to lose?
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- hotep99 2y agoThe whole point is to get rid of government employees. Going on strike is just volunteering your members for the chopping block.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoYes, it's a prisoners dilemma. But solidarity is pretty important here no matter what. We forget that the best case scenario in such a dilemma is to all work together. They know already that they cannot literally fire every employee in order to keep operating.
- pmags 2y agoNPR: "Trump signs order ending union bargaining rights for wide swaths of federal employees" -- https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5343474/trump-collective-bargaining-unions-federal-employees https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5343474/trump-collectiv...
- johnnyanmac 2y ago>It notably excludes law enforcement. "Police and firefighters will continue to collectively bargain I hate this timeline. But yea, we are well overdue for a reminder on why we made unions to begin with. For their sakes they better hope all these lawsuits save them from much more disruptive actions.
- rsfern 2y agoIt’s been illegal for Feds to strike for a long time, regardless of union membership. The federal employees unions have been pretty active in coordinating legal action though - IIRC both main lawsuits leading to reinstatement of the probationary employees who were fired were coordinated by unions