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striking illegally How dare those peons use their economic leverage! That's only for the upper class

• Auracle 7mo ago
  There’s a pretty big difference between “economic leverage” when it means your stores might be shut down for a couple of weeks vs. all of the people moving, shipping, etc. in an entire country.
  • magnetowasright 7mo ago
    A strike being inconvenient? Workers leveraging how crucial they are? The stoppage of work having massive impacts across the country? Huh, maybe the powers that be should listen to the workers when they ask nicely for better conditions instead.
  • sensanaty 7mo ago
    Isn't the "inconvenience" the entire point of a strike? A strike where nobody was affected in any way wouldn't be a very effective one, after all, so the larger of an inconvenience the more likely for the other side to relent to the unions demands.
• twoodfin 7mo ago
  They were free to use it and did. Their employer, the Federal government, was free to fire them, and did.
  • lesostep 7mo ago
    and now the country of freedom is free to deal with ATC shortages that leave people managing two runaways and ground traffic by themselves in a a major airport ah, truly a decision with no consequences tl;dr just because it's a legally allowed decision, doesn't mean it's a right decision
  • anigbrowl 7mo ago
    I'm referring to the idea of striking being illegal, and the underlying attitude that motivates such legislative decision-making.