> ABX Air President John Starkovich said the airline is seeking a court order to force the pilots back to work.
How are these kinds of court orders possible in a free country, with largely at-will employment? Employees are not slaves.
How are these kinds of court orders possible in a free country, with largely at-will employment? Employees are not slaves.
So the law requires minor disputes to be resolved through arbitration or mediation, instead of with a strike. ABX is saying this is a minor dispute, the union says it's a major dispute. The judge agreed with the union.
Even if the employees were forced back to work, they can still quit. So there's no slavery here.
It's so similar to what you're suggesting, I'm not quite sure what the advantage of changing it would be?
I have to ask: why not? That is, since it's only the goods sold by private business being "brought to a standstill", why not? Moving people or military goods under all conditions makes sense. Moving Amazon shipments under all conditions does not.
because you could be costing companies that have no direct relation to the dispute lots of money.
So the courts have some power to say no, get back to work. if the conditions are that bad the employees can still counter this by quitting.
That's what the employer knowingly brought into risk when they decided to run understaffed to increase profits.
(NB: I'm generalising. This applies in some other countries, not sure about the US).
There are also some professions where you don't want them to strike, and disputes should be worked out through some other arbitration process (think emergency services personnel - if paramedics go on strike, there can be some pretty severe consequences).
Of course, employees can still not show up. In that case, the employer can fire them (which they can't do during a legal strike).