[antisocial]

I think we need to contact our representatives and push for a law making it illegal for any government union to strike!

[The Other Harry]

I think we need to contact our representatives and push for a law making it illegal for any government union to strike!

The employeees in the copy room of the city where I used to live used to be paid $15 an hour. They also had excellent benefit plans, including "domestic partner" benefits.

They would go out on strike anyway.

Service Employees International Union. SEIU

[SauronOfMordor]

I think we need to contact our representatives and push for a law making it illegal for any government union to strike!

It's illegal for cops to strike, so instead they get "blue flu". It was illegal for the air traffic controllers to strike. They did anyway, so Reagan fired all the strikers.

What would be more effective would be to make firing mandatory for striking government employees

What would be most effective would be to make it illegal for a governmental employer to withhold union dues. If the unions had to collect dues from each member, they would be much less powerful

[rottweiller_inc]

I think we need to contact our representatives and push for a law making it illegal for any government union to strike!

I think any raise for public workers, at any level, should be put on the ballot and let the voters decide if they want to pay more. Heh of course that would take the power from the unions, which, IMO should'nt be in civil service to begin with since they are taxpayer funded.

[Spacetrucker]

I can't recall any goverment union-represented department ever striking, although in the 80's when the ATC's struck,
Reagan fired the lot and hired an entirely new crew.