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Wednesday, August 07, 2013
Should Transit Unions Be Allowed to Strike?
Should Transit Unions Be Allowed to Strike?The head of the California state Senate's transportation committee, Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord), said this week that he is considering introducing legislation that would permanently take away BART workers' right to strike. Public transit strikes are already illegal in many major cities, including New York, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. But there is no state law banning such walkouts in California. Should the state legislature act to prohibit strikes in transit disputes? Or would such a law be unfair to workers?
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