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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.
It would be best in the nurses case if there were sypathy strikes by unions in other sectors. Oh wouldn't you know it? Also illegal.
Yea illegal in the US, but not everywhere.