• Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I don’t understand how they can force people back to work.

    Like, will they have cops on the flights making sure the attendants put on a cheery safety briefing?

    Will they drag them onto the plane in handcuffs to do safety checks?

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      6 days ago

      This is usually “enforced” through fines, since unions are institutions that can be held liable for these decisions. Ultimately unlawful job action might end up leading to lawful termination though, so it takes a lot of courage to do what they’re doing.

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      Reagan was famous for busting air traffic controllers in the 80’s… He literally just fired everyone and replaced them.

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        and just the railroad strike was broken by congress recently in the same way too, by making it illegal, but with minor concessions.