[benfranklin]

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If the workers aren't allowed to strike, HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSE TO NEGOTIATE THIER CONTRACT. What leverage do they have?

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If the individual doesn't like the deal, he can quit and find a better job.

If the union doesn't think that management is negotiating in good faith, they can take it to arbitration. There are other groups that can't strike either: police, fire fighters, etc. That's the price you pay for taking the job.


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They didn't agree to a no strike clause because they wanted too, or because they got a special concession in exchange.

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They agreed to it in advance because it was a condition of getting the job. And they all agreed to it happily. If you join the military, you give up certain "rights" that civilians have, like wage negotiation.

If you take a civil service job, you give up certain things that people in the private sector have, like the right to strike. And you give up the right to bitch about it when you don't like the rules in the middle of the game. Everyone else is still playing by the rules. The union is not.