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Just curious... how irreplaceable do you think we are here, in case of a strike??
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<blockquote data-quote="PobreCarlos" data-source="post: 1021116" data-attributes="member: 16651"><p>brown_trousers;</p><p></p><p>In terms of including ULP charges in any Teamster strike, the union will try, but it doesn't always succeed. For example, I believe the Northern Michigan Hospital nurses strike (Teamsters) of a few years back ended-up with all the striking nurses being permanently replaced. And remember, when "unfair labor practices" are charged, they first have to be first accepted as such by the NLRB, and then after that the company often has the ability to purge themselves of such charges (often by something as uncomplicated as posting an apology notice on a bulletin board) and converting it back to an "economic" job action.</p><p></p><p>Regardless, replacements of either type are becoming more and more an issue today....and bear in mind that, even if it's an "ULP" strike, the company can often hang on long enough that (1) many of the employees seek other jobs and pull out of the workforce and (2) the union agrees to drop all charges simply to btain some sort of resolution....if only a chance at severance and/or unemployment insurance for it's striking members.</p><p></p><p>An example there is the Teamsters strike out in California of Diamond Walnut. That strike went on for 14 years (I believe it was finally settled due to the original owners - a farmers co-op - selling the business)...and there were very, very few of the original workers left to be recalled. Things can get nasty today, and "temporary" and "permanent" are very flexible terms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PobreCarlos, post: 1021116, member: 16651"] brown_trousers; In terms of including ULP charges in any Teamster strike, the union will try, but it doesn't always succeed. For example, I believe the Northern Michigan Hospital nurses strike (Teamsters) of a few years back ended-up with all the striking nurses being permanently replaced. And remember, when "unfair labor practices" are charged, they first have to be first accepted as such by the NLRB, and then after that the company often has the ability to purge themselves of such charges (often by something as uncomplicated as posting an apology notice on a bulletin board) and converting it back to an "economic" job action. Regardless, replacements of either type are becoming more and more an issue today....and bear in mind that, even if it's an "ULP" strike, the company can often hang on long enough that (1) many of the employees seek other jobs and pull out of the workforce and (2) the union agrees to drop all charges simply to btain some sort of resolution....if only a chance at severance and/or unemployment insurance for it's striking members. An example there is the Teamsters strike out in California of Diamond Walnut. That strike went on for 14 years (I believe it was finally settled due to the original owners - a farmers co-op - selling the business)...and there were very, very few of the original workers left to be recalled. Things can get nasty today, and "temporary" and "permanent" are very flexible terms. [/QUOTE]
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