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Chemical_Miracle_0 t1_j80zv09 wrote

Important part of the article.

“In accordance with Pennsylvania law, those TUGSA members who have
chosen not to work are no longer entitled to their compensation and
work-related benefits, which include tuition remission, when they are on
strike and not performing work for the university,” the school said in a
statement. “Because striking workers are not entitled to tuition
remission, they have been notified of their obligation to make
arrangements to pay their tuition, consistent with how the university
treats other students who have unpaid tuition obligations.”

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I'm sure the TUGSA knew of the actions Temple could take if they went on strike and included that in the calculus. It's probably work out in their favor because of the bad press the University will get over this.

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tinymonesters t1_j81p2am wrote

As shitty as it is for the workers if that's the contract language, then that's how it is. I'm a union worker, and we are not allowed to strike per our contract which means if my office were going to act like we were; we would have to use vacation/break/outside of work hours to picket.

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Atrocious_1 t1_j84x1ki wrote

Which honestly, is the dumbest sort of agreement. "You can only take action against us if we say it's ok".

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tinymonesters t1_j852b90 wrote

It would be an unmitigated disaster if my office (welfare) were allowed to strike and did so. Probably more of a mess than if police did.

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Atrocious_1 t1_j85cy32 wrote

Nobody would notice if cops decided to stop working beyond a better quality of life.

I can see very few instances where people shouldn't be allowed to. Your situation, sure. Retail and office workers it's dumb. If they're that integral they need to be paid better.

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