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Jan 15, 2019 | 11:13 am

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Boggie Dog

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Originally Posted by bitterproffit

I wish TSA would strike.

Maybe that will help resolve this completely ridiculous impasse.

I don't blame them for not showing up. They aren't getting paid.

I understand the sentiment but before any federal employees engage in a strike they may be well served by reading the article linked below. Take note of the link in the sentence beginning with "That seems like" which takes the reader to United States Code

A TSA Strike Would Be Illegal. Period.

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They note, “a strike by T.S.A. agents, as federal workers, would be illegal, as was the wave of public-sector strikes in the 1960s and ’70s.”

That seems like an important detail, and federal law is not vague on this:

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An individual may not accept or hold a position in the Government of the United States or the government of the District of Columbia if he participates in a strike, or asserts the right to strike, against the Government of the United States, or is a member of an organization of employees of the Government of the United States or of individuals employed by the government of the District of Columbia that he knows asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States or the government of the District of Columbia.

I'm not sure the outcome of a strike by any federal employee group would end well for those employees.

Last edited by Boggie Dog; Jan 15, 2019 at 12:01 pm Reason: corrected attribution

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