Does anyone know if there would be penalties for having an organized sick-out if there is no contract yet signed? We are not bound to any no strike clause and a coworker was fired and I think naturally people are calling out sick anyway due to stress. Can we be fired for insubordination or something? What are the risks?
Disclaimer: I’m not in a union. In the US I think people could be fired for this, and possibly reinstated after a legal battle since it sounds like it might be a protected ULP strike. Not sure if sick-outs count. But laws aside, it would be too expensive to fire you all. That’s why strikes work.
That’s a good point. It would be almost the entirety of two different departments (our bargai.img unit) that would do it, too.