I mean, call it whatever you want, but it is a selective strike and a government agency shouldn’t have the right to do that. You either don’t deliver _any_ mail, or you deliver it all.
Btw I can totally empathize with the reason of the autoworkers strike, yet not agree with this.
However, it appears the striking mail workers are being paid, even though they are not delivering mail to Tesla.
That in turn gives them a lot of power, because they can keep this strike going for as long as they like with no cost to themselves.
What does that mean?
It defines the concept pretty well, which is somewhat valuable, but has few citations, which is unfortunate.
Unchecked power is bad. Doesn’t matter if it’s a government, a company or a union.
I don’t know if you thought there was a contradiction there, but I don’t see it.
It’s also not an arbitrary choice. It’s a business that’s clearly in dispute with another union, that this union has decided to intervene on behalf of. It’s not like they’re striking against a company that was just minding its own business.
Perhaps there can be labor relations boards and anti-discrimination regulation and such to prevent abuse of selective striking, but this is obviously a situation where everyone is a player and knows what game they’re playing.