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What I mean is this...
I was reading an article on the Writers Guild strike, and how they are one of the most powerful unions because they're essentially impossible to replace. They can't offshore the writing to India or China, like they could say a manufacturer, so they have more leverage. They refer to this as 'knowledge base' jobs in the article, and mention a few other types that can't be replaced such as health care or things with highly specific training.
So my question is, is it legal for different unions to strike in solidarity. For instance, lets say a Teacher's Union allied with the union representing the local waste disposal workers. That way whenever the teachers would strike, so would the garbage workers, and vice versa. Or even national unions striking in solidarity...
What if the UAW went on strike again. Would it be legal for every teacher nationwide, and the Writers Guild, and Teamsters, and Garbage workers...nationwide...to strike in solidarity? Is that legal? Sort of like the nation wide strikes you see in other countries where the workers have far more protections.
Even if it is illegal why doesn't it happen here? Are we all just now so far in debt nobody is willing to risk anything to have all of us stand up and say "enough is enough"?
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