Going on strike can be a powerful tool for workers, but they face a number of risks when doing so. Here's what workers should know about their rights.
and procedures for them to get through before they can strike," Dau-Schmidt said.
Most government employees are prohibited from striking in the U.S. Only a handful of states — about eight — have passed their own laws permitting certain public sector workers to strike.Strikers can be replaced in many casesHowever, economic strikers can be permanently replaced if their employer hires someone else to do their job, Dau-Schmidt said: "Permanent replacement looks a lot like firing from the employees' perspective.
UPS reached a tentative agreement to renew a five-year labor contract with the Teamsters ahead of a July 31, 2023 deadline, averting a costly strike."Strikers just have to make an unconditional offer to return and wait for an opening," she said. And employees "can never be sure their strike will be found to be an unfair labor practice strike," he cautioned.Workers who go on strike generally lose their wages, Dau-Schmidt said. "If you don't work, you don't get paid."
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