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mn9driver

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1. Strike votes in the airline and rail industries mean little.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri May 12, 2023, 10:02 AM

May 2023

They are a way to “send a message” to management, but what exactly that message is, isn’t clear since actual strikes are almost impossible due to the Railway Labor Act.

Organized labor in this country has few rights compared to other free, developed countries. And in the Transportation industry, labor has no rights at all.

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Strike votes in the airline and rail industries mean little. mn9driver May 2023 #1