▲ 158 ▼ California governor vetoes bill offering unemployment pay to strikers (www.reuters.com) submitted 2 years ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/news@lemmy.world 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments Fuck you, Newsome. I think pay for striking workers would be overwhelmingly popular with voters. I'm voting against this turkey next chance I get.
[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (3 children) I support unions but this seems like it would give too much power to them. When you have guaranteed pay you can strike for just about any reason. The point of a strike is that it hurts for both parties, so it has to be worth it. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 years ago No, the point of a strike is to put the hurt that the employees are already feeling on the employers permalink fedilink source parent [–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 21 points 2 years ago No one strikes to hurt themselves lol permalink fedilink source parent [–] artisanrox@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago When you have guaranteed pay you can strike for just about any reason. Yay! Let's do it then. Employers can stop paying for any reason. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 years ago No, the point of a strike is to put the hurt that the employees are already feeling on the employers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 21 points 2 years ago No one strikes to hurt themselves lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] artisanrox@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago When you have guaranteed pay you can strike for just about any reason. Yay! Let's do it then. Employers can stop paying for any reason. permalink fedilink source parent