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Originally Posted by roachboy
why shouldn't workers be able to strike?
it's the only weapon that equalizes the relation to capital.
it's fundamental to union organization, even in it's reactionary sector-monopoly american form.
give up the right to strike and you give up the game.
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This is important. Just as management has the right to hire, fire, promote, demote, give shifts, take shifts away, give raises, cut pay, etc., unions should have the right to universally suspend the use of their labour. The threat of such an action often (but not always) remains their only recourse in the event of unfair or unreasonable management decisions. And this is where collective bargaining comes in, especially when there is a third-party arbitration.
Call this extortion if you will, dogzilla, but whatever it's called is to respond to management decisions that would otherwise amount to exploitation.