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I'm from Canada and I find it very confusing that US federal workers haven't gone on strike with all the BS being pulled by DOGE. I feel pretty confident that if the same thing was done in Canada with random mass layoffs of critical services and hostile takeovers of critical infrastructure, that there would be a general strike of federal employees. Why has there been no labour action in the states?

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Beyond the very good points already made about it being illegal for them to strike and they could immediately lose all ability to work anywhere in the federal government again, it's imperative you remember the point of DOGE is to get rid of the federal government. Elon and his kiddies are looking for an excuse to close down entire departments of government. If one of them went on strike, they could simply declare that all of them are fired for felony activity and never refill their positions.

Striking in this case is the same as quitting, and none of them want to give in and let their government die. It's the same reason no one is taking the voluntary severance. They're fighting for their government as best they can from where they are. It's all of our job out here to rescue them