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Teacher strike: "Public sector strikes are illegal in Massachusetts... it is only illegal to strike if you lose."
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this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2023
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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.
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.
When it comes to hospitals the strikes are scheduled and the hospital is required to hire strike nurses until the strike is over because legally they can't just not have nurses. Strike nurses are just travel nurses but to work durring a strike they generally charge several times what a regular nurse gets paid and the hospital doesn't get a choice because they need nurses. My mom used to be a travel nurse and I remember that when working as a strike nurse she often made over $1000 per day plus travel expenses and housing paid for. I think the most she ever made was $2800 in a single work shift but that was at a hospital in a fairly wealthy area.
So yes hospitals do just hire other nurses to cover the strike but they usually don't want to do that for long because it's incredibly expensive compared to just caving to the strike demands.
Yeah kinda what I thought has to happen.
$2800 is pretty nice for a shift.