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12/21/2002 03:35:00 AM | Timothy Airline workers Well my point in bringing the teachers up was not the point about whether teachers unions are good, but to note that in many states it is illegal for them to strike. You can like unions, but not like teacher strikes (by the way, they still happen, and I imagine sometimes rightly so. Whatever your view, I don't think you could paint the teachers as evil for striking when they do, would you? They might present a 'nicer image' In any case, labor history is relevant in the sense that many, many actions we take as rights now were considered illegal in the last century, and the government violently tried to put workers down.) There seems to be some differentiation in who is allowed to strike based on if the workers provide 'essential services'. But earlier this year, some of the dock workers on the west coast were involved in a strike. The Bush administation had the power to shut it down based on 'harm to the national economy'. Democratic Presidents would likely and rightly have let the strike go on. The Bush admin, but threatening to weigh in, implicitly gave more power to management. (Remember, the strike wasn't illegal there, it would only be if Bush said it was.) And governmental action sets the tone for company action by signalling how much the government will act against companies that union bust. Reagon completely changed the dynamics with unions when he fired the air traffic controllers. You can't simply just decide from on high what is the best and most fair policy: you have to allow for the equalization of bargaining power. And the right to strike is essential for that. perma link |
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