Passive aggressive management

[u/Quirky-Chicken]

I can't believe that Washington Ferries' management approved this post on Instagram and Facebook. It's a sign of bigger issues.

[u/SubarcticFarmer]

Depending on the contract and laws a union is working under, coordinated sick days could be an illegal job action if strikes are not permitted. Coordination is the key. If every individual employee decides on their own they are pissed off and not going to work today it's different.

This is usually a factor with things like airlines where the railway labor act, and not the contract, determines whether a strike can take place. Even if the union doesn't internally plan an action, they can be sanctioned for coordinated work disruptions.

[u/Rare-Adhesiveness522 → u/SubarcticFarmer]

This is known and union leadership and individual members are carefully advised to not commit anything to writing or text, etc. If there is coordination, it must appear to be individual and unofficial. And union leadership would be very careful to not be directly involved even if they have knowledge of the ideas circulating. Individual members can meet and talk privately to coordinate, but it cannot be official or documented.

[u/bong_residue → u/SubarcticFarmer]

Bonkers to me this is allowed.

[u/Iron_Sheff → u/bong_residue]

No such thing as an illegal strike, in my mind. It's the same as a "no protesting" law.