• jobbies@lemmy.zip
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    17 days ago

    Christ, if anyone in the public sector went a month without pay over here the unions would be rioting in the streets. It just wouldn’t happen.

    Come to think of it, regardless of whether a budget passes or not, I suspect the government would still be legally bound to pay wages. I don’t know for sure though cos I can’t remember it ever happening.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      16 days ago

      It’s “illegal” for public unions to strike here.

      Reagan famously fired all air traffic control workers because they went on strike.