Boris
Beach Bum
Boris, I like to hear intelligent opposing points of view. That is how my opinions and ideas evolve. No body has a monopoly on all the answers, especially me! I could never imagine being offended by you or Willie.
Louis: Just to be clear, my comment wasn't directed at you.
I support the teachers strike in CA, from what I know of it at least. If you want the best people you have to pay the best salaries and they need smaller class sizes. We have to invest in our future.
Louis: I'm really not familiar with CA teachers work agreements or labor law. Assuming, that what we are talking about is a Legal Strike, then they are within their rights. However, they are not doing their students any favors. They don't care about their students, only themselves.
I'm surprised to hear any union would agree to forgo the option to strike. I learned talking to my garbage men that our sanitation workers can't strike.
Louis: Most critical jobs, in the public sector, have such a restriction. Police, Firefighters, Air Traffic Controllers etc. Disputes are resolved by arbitration. In the private (and public sector), The Railroad Industry is covered by the Federal Railway Labor Act, which allows strikes after an exhaustive mediation Process. Most legal strikes are immediately ended by Presidential Action, a declaration of a State of Emergency, followed by Binding Arbitration. The RLA supersedes all state labor laws. I believe that the RLA also applies to the Airline Industry, but I'm not certain about that. Maybe Captain Weems can clarify that.
Boris