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Teacher strike: "Public sector strikes are illegal in Massachusetts... it is only illegal to strike if you lose." (www.liberationnews.org)

submitted 2 years ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml

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[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lmao imagine saying "I can legally force you to work and if you don't it's jail time" and thinking you are in any way, shape, or form, in the right.

Anyone who thinks a worker shouldn't be able to strike can honestly fuck themselves with a dagger. Make sure to sharpen it first.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

They're not interested in being in the right. They're interested in being in the black.

[–] AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I wonder how this would apply (or does apply) to e.g., hospitals. I agree that striking is a right, but still I have an issue with the thought of having an entire ICU just striking and stopping to provide health care to the people in it. The state, or whomever, is responsible for the ICU to remain in operation, so I suppose they would have to buy the services (rent) from a third-party who is not striking. Which makes sense, and yet, it rubs me the wrong way.