• YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub
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      7 days ago

      The postal service is unable to legally strike. They struck in the 70s (?) illegally and got tons of concessions and no one went to prison for it. Seems like teachers could do something similar. We wouldn’t miss cops and, unfortunately, firefighters also wouldn’t be missed (we still love them, unlike cops).

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        6 days ago

        I’m super pro union but your arguments are sloppy.

        In 1981 Reagan fired and banned for life over 11,000 striking Air Traffic controllers. People sadly haven’t forgotten.

        Without cops, what does a person assaulted or burgled do? How are the 20K+ murders a year investigated? Firefighters? They respond primarily to medical emergency. And about a million fire incidents a year.

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          6 days ago

          Cops rarely, if ever stop, or investigate crimes. Cops have single digit clearance rates for homicides.