This is going to be a controversial opinion but no. Public employees are paid by the state and their contracts are the responsibility of elected officials. If they want changes to contracts they need to convince the local populous to elect people who will raise their pay/give them better working conditions.
Additionally, if they could strike they essentially have infinite leverage. Closing schools or not having first responders would devastate the community so they’d have to capitulate regardless of their demands.
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Reply to Should there be a ballot initiative about repealing Section 9A(a) of a law banning public employees from striking? by 96suluman
This is going to be a controversial opinion but no. Public employees are paid by the state and their contracts are the responsibility of elected officials. If they want changes to contracts they need to convince the local populous to elect people who will raise their pay/give them better working conditions.
Additionally, if they could strike they essentially have infinite leverage. Closing schools or not having first responders would devastate the community so they’d have to capitulate regardless of their demands.