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Griever114 t1_j0uphj7 wrote

Reply to comment by bluelion70 in Thousands of NYC nurses begin vote to authorize strike: 'We were the heroes' by thonioand

Why can't teachers strike

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bluelion70 t1_j0uu5hu wrote

In New York, it’s illegal. Public-sector employees aren’t allowed to strike in New York since 1947. If we vote to strike, the union contract is instantly void and everyone is basically fired on the spot.

It’s like a Mutually Assured Destruction thing cause it’s not like the city could actually replace 100,000 teachers but we can’t use striking as leverage in negotiations because they know the union would never vote on it.

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Griever114 t1_j0uvr2k wrote

That's some fucking horseshit.

They should do it out of spite. It's not like they can replace any.

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jae34 t1_j0uvye2 wrote

These nurses work in private hospitals so not public sector.

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SolitaryMarmot t1_j0uy94j wrote

In NY it's because of the Taylor Law. Striking is illegal in the public sector. The union gets fined 2 days of dues for every day on strike so it is essentially bankrupted. Striking leaders and members are jailed. Like TWU Local 100 took a long time to recover from their strike in the mid aughts.

That being said nurses at Westchester Medical Center which is public and under the Taylor law won an 8% wage increase back in like September. So its possible.

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