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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="JonFrum" data-source="post: 1021490" data-attributes="member: 18044"><p>Unfair Labor Practices are not vague, subjective claims of unfairness. They are specific actions that the NLRB and the Courts have determined are violations of Labor Law. There is a list of them, and decades of case law regarding each one. Start researching here . . .</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121007190531/http://labornotes.org/2012/07/making-sure-strike-centers-unfair-labor-practices" target="_blank">Making Sure a Strike Centers On Unfair Labor Practices | Labor Notes</a></p><p></p><p>No one can force a company to obey the Law, but the company can be punished afterward for its violations, including fines, corrective action, and making the workers whole.</p><p></p><p>You would be amazed how many employer tactics are illegal, even things you may think seem legitimate. Labor Law is not neutral, it's pro worker.</p><p></p><p>Remember, a strike can be settled anytime by the Union winning it, or deciding to end it on whatever terms it can get at the moment. And most settlements involve insuring all non-violent strikers get their jobs back. Being permanently replaced only happens when the strike is economic and isn't settled. And that's probably because the Union determines that the issues that precipitated the strike were so fudamental that the job isn't worth going back to unless the company relents.</p><p></p><p>The UPS '97 strike was seen by just about everyone as the biggest Labor victory in quite a while. Poor Carlos notwithstanding.</p><p></p><p>UPS is extreemly vunerable to a strike of any length, even a very short one. Just talk of the Contract <u>expiring</u>, let alone striking, gives UPS and its shippers the chills.</p><p></p><p>Don't fall for the argument that for a strike to be declared "won," strikers must be able to show significant gains over the status quo. Sometimes just breaking even, or even settling for somewhat less is a great victory. It all depends on what harm the company was threatening to do. If the company intended, say, to cut your wages, abolish seniority, reduce or eliminate pension and H&W, etc., then just successfully beating back these attacks is a victory, even if no actual gains were made.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonFrum, post: 1021490, member: 18044"] Unfair Labor Practices are not vague, subjective claims of unfairness. They are specific actions that the NLRB and the Courts have determined are violations of Labor Law. There is a list of them, and decades of case law regarding each one. Start researching here . . . [URL='https://web.archive.org/web/20121007190531/http://labornotes.org/2012/07/making-sure-strike-centers-unfair-labor-practices']Making Sure a Strike Centers On Unfair Labor Practices | Labor Notes[/URL] No one can force a company to obey the Law, but the company can be punished afterward for its violations, including fines, corrective action, and making the workers whole. You would be amazed how many employer tactics are illegal, even things you may think seem legitimate. Labor Law is not neutral, it's pro worker. Remember, a strike can be settled anytime by the Union winning it, or deciding to end it on whatever terms it can get at the moment. And most settlements involve insuring all non-violent strikers get their jobs back. Being permanently replaced only happens when the strike is economic and isn't settled. And that's probably because the Union determines that the issues that precipitated the strike were so fudamental that the job isn't worth going back to unless the company relents. The UPS '97 strike was seen by just about everyone as the biggest Labor victory in quite a while. Poor Carlos notwithstanding. UPS is extreemly vunerable to a strike of any length, even a very short one. Just talk of the Contract [U]expiring[/U], let alone striking, gives UPS and its shippers the chills. Don't fall for the argument that for a strike to be declared "won," strikers must be able to show significant gains over the status quo. Sometimes just breaking even, or even settling for somewhat less is a great victory. It all depends on what harm the company was threatening to do. If the company intended, say, to cut your wages, abolish seniority, reduce or eliminate pension and H&W, etc., then just successfully beating back these attacks is a victory, even if no actual gains were made. [/QUOTE]
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