The Public Sector Strike Curtailment Act (Voting on Amendment)

[Simfan34]

I love this. It might not be legal or even wise, but I just love it.

[Simfan34]

I will not support this because I believe in a right to strike.

Also, I am pretty sure the PPT loses his authority to run the Senate after the new Senate starts until a new one is elected.

Hmm. I guess it's muddy because it's up to the VP to do certain things and there is no VP. Plus we have a court case ongoing to decide some of this!

Yeah, we're in a bit of a grey area. Do we just let the Senate grind to a complete halt?

I think that is the law.

[Simfan34]

As we saw in this region with the BART strike a few months ago, public sector unions have the unique capacity to hold the public hostage to their demands, no matter how unreasonable.  It is an imbalance of power, since the government lacks any sort of profit motive, meaning that they're willing to "absorb" the costs- either by debt or by passing it on to the taxpayer.

We all know that labour unions have seen a vast increase in powers, perogatives, and liberties in this country in recent years. Something must be done to correct this power imbalance between labor unions and the rest of us before the situation gets of hand.