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Interestingly the walk-out by dock-workers in the USA (across a range of ports on the East coast) is being presented as a 'strike, but, as far as I can see its workers refusing to work without a contract.

Negotiations for a new contract (which deals with concerns about low pay & how automation is expanded) continue, but as the existing contract ended on Monday night, surely workers refusing to continue working is not a strike, it is a reasonable refusal to work without a contract?

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Nikki 1y ago

Thats literally the definition of a strike. Perhaps it’s different in the UK.

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May 1y ago

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Well, as I understand it a strike is a refusal or withdrawn of work while under contract.... when the contract ends & no new one is in place, that is not a withdrawal of labour its the end of the contract..... indeed, the employers have been trying to get a negotiated extension to the contract while talks continue, but the unions refused... hence, no contract & so no legal agreement to work at all.

Nikki 1y ago

Looking back at other strikes, $F $CSX just two that pop in my head, the legal right to strike isn’t tied to the contract. The national labor relations act ensures that. Workers are expected to work during expired contracts being negotiated and almost always do.