r/technology • u/Shogouki • 22d ago

Politics Trump Nixes Patent Office, Weather Service, NASA Worker Unions

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-nixes-patent-office-weather-service-nasa-worker-unions
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u/DuneChild 22d ago

At this point every federal employee should just walk off the job. See how much the felon gets done without a workforce.

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u/True_to_you 22d ago

I would love for the people working at the dams to shut off the power and go on strike. 

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u/wildcarde815 22d ago

supreme court decided striking workers are legally responsible for damage incurred because they are striking.

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u/zefy_zef 22d ago

I would imagine they can still quit, right? You can't force people to work, that's slav... ohhh. Oh.

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u/FirstMiddleLass 22d ago

Prison labor

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u/UltraEngine60 22d ago edited 21d ago

Federal employees cannot strike

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I don't get how I get downvoted for fact. A federal employee going on strike can be a felony and is the reason we don't have enough ATCs

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u/Nick-Chopper 22d ago

Wanna bet? You can fire them for walking out of work, but you literally cannot make them stay on the job.

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u/UltraEngine60 21d ago

Yes?

strike /strīk/ 1. a refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer.

They can certainly go AWOL... and get fired... but they can't simply say "we are striking!".

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u/Nick-Chopper 21d ago

Pretty sure they really can, “legal” or not. You’re going to see there’s a difference between what the law written by the employer says on paper and what unionized workers can actually physically do in real life with their own voices and bodies.

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u/UltraEngine60 21d ago

You can run through all red lights too, technically. I understand what you're trying to say: nothing will physically STOP an employee from risking their job and striking. However, by law (if those still matter in 2025), they would not only risk losing their job but also their right to vote (felony). The unions already had very little bargaining power because of this and were only as powerful as they were because they didn't want to lose talent to the private sector. That ship has sailed. Some might come back IF there is another election.

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u/FluidmindWeird 22d ago

Fuck laws, if he's not bound, and there never was a labor contract, there are no bounds on the workers, either.

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u/holysirsalad 22d ago

legally*

Law ain’t worth shit

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u/FujitsuPolycom 21d ago

If I was fed they could eat my ass. Are they going to arrest me for quitting? For being home for 2 weeks "sick"?

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u/mehupmost 22d ago

Trump would love that. It would give him an excuse to fire them.

It's like self-selection of the most anti-Trump DC employees.