Lawsuits by NTEU and AFGE reference poor communication around agencies’ shutdown contingency plans and the illegality of RIF directives.
    • ziproot@lemmy.ml
      2·
      13 hours ago

      Most federal workers can’t strike because they functionally are already on strike due to the shutdown. They are already not working and not being paid.

      The lawsuit is due to the threat of mass layoffs due to the shutdown, which is something that will happen to said federal workers who are, again, already not working and not being paid.

      As for the ones who are working without pay, they probably should strike (or at least “call in sick” like they did last time). Air traffic controllers not showing up to work and delaying flights as a result is what led to an end to the last shutdown.

      EDIT: Though, keep in mind, this is the United States. When air traffic controllers went on strike under Reagan, they were all fired, and air traffic controllers have never recovered.

      • choco_crispies@lemmy.ml
        31·
        15 hours ago

        Isn’t that the fucking point of a union? What the fuck are we doing? We don’t have to live like this.

        • Agrajag@scribe.disroot.orgOPEnglish
          2·
          11 hours ago

          Yeah it wasn’t like that until the 70-80s, federal unions used to be able to strike, thank the boomers for that one. The problem is once you give away or in some cases the president decides you cant strike anymore you never get it back.