Mike Bloomberg praises labor strikes as 'highly effective'

[brooklynite]

New York Post

Mike Bloomberg — who railed against strikes by transit workers and school bus drivers when he was mayor — now says he wholeheartedly endorses unions engaging in walkouts against their private-sector companies.

As he attempts to woo labor support in his presidential bid, Bloomberg’s “Protect the American Worker” plan includes a provision that supports union strikes against private employers.

“Protect workers’ ability to strike. Employees’ ability to withhold their work is a core source of their bargaining power, highly effective at resolving labor disputes and generally protected by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA),” the Bloomberg plan says.

“But courts have narrowed the reach of the NLRA in this area, with damaging consequences. Mike supports provisions of the PRO [Protecting the Right to Organize Act] that will unequivocally protect ‘intermittent strikes,’ enabling workers to go on strike briefly or repeatedly — which is far less of a financial burden for employees than an extended strike,” the proposal says.