The government has unions right? I'm surprised by now that no one called for a strike. Sure, it'd be rendered illegal, but if your job is being cut haphazardly, what have you got to lose?
Yes, it's a prisoners dilemma. But solidarity is pretty important here no matter what. We forget that the best case scenario in such a dilemma is to all work together. They know already that they cannot literally fire every employee in order to keep operating.
It’s been illegal for Feds to strike for a long time, regardless of union membership. The federal employees unions have been pretty active in coordinating legal action though - IIRC both main lawsuits leading to reinstatement of the probationary employees who were fired were coordinated by unions
>It notably excludes law enforcement. "Police and firefighters will continue to collectively bargain
I hate this timeline.
But yea, we are well overdue for a reminder on why we made unions to begin with. For their sakes they better hope all these lawsuits save them from much more disruptive actions.
