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Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
6. Work to rule
Wed Jan 16, 2019, 10:24 AM
Jan 2019

Is a better option I think. These are decent jobs with pensions. It's hard for me to give advice to them on risking their pensions by striking or giving up on them (vesting is mostly final years I think) by quitting. I'm sure they're considering all options as they get their empty stubs.

I'd like to see more public scorn of republicans through ads and around their offices by the general public. We need to get a senators willing to caucus with us long enough to get rid of McConnell and get government reopened. We should be boycotting travel until government reopens.

Besides that and contacting your representatives and senators, I don't know what we can do that could be effective.

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Federal workers can't legally strike. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #1
No but... zipplewrath Jan 2019 #2
Which would be an illegal wildcat strike. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #3
Over time zipplewrath Jan 2019 #4
It would hurt a lot more people than just the GOP. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #5
Probably not, and I doubt the TSA would even try it Major Nikon Jan 2019 #7
That's been tried before w/air traffic controllers. Reagan fired them. Hired new ones. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #8
yes, but as I pointed out zipplewrath Jan 2019 #9
They'd be replaced in short order. It's illegal. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #10
Strictly speaking zipplewrath Jan 2019 #12
True. I don't know how that would shake out. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #13
This ain't PATCO zipplewrath Jan 2019 #14
All federal workers are prohibited by law from striking. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #15
Yes, it can zipplewrath Jan 2019 #16
So it takes a law to revise the law. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #17
The executive branch can do this zipplewrath Jan 2019 #18
Can the law stop a federal employee from striking if s/he is not being paid? thesquanderer Jan 2019 #19
Yes, because they will be paid after the shutdown is over. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #20
Work to rule Midnightwalk Jan 2019 #6
I agree. What's really unnerving is requiring some workers to work w/o pay. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #11
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