The myth of a “right” to strike.
“The right to strike is a fundamental human right.” That was attributed to someone on strike in a story about recently heightened labor unrest in America, including unionization campaigns, efforts to raise minimum wages, and even the Hollywood writer’s strike.
California has provided a good example, sending Senate Bill 799 to the governor’s desk just under the deadline. It would make striking workers eligible to collect unemployment benefits. But if people instead said “Wait a minute! Aren’t unemployment benefits for those who are not working ‘through no fault of their own,’” reflected in the fact that strikers are not eligible for unemployment benefits elsewhere, except in very blue pro-labor union states New York and New Jersey.
However, what if people realized that “There Is No Moral Right to Strike,” as Leonard Read wrote in his 1969, The Coming Aristocracy? Then they would recognize that SB 799 actually supports immoral behavior.The present laws of the United States recognize the right to strike; it is legal to strike. However, as in the case of many other legal actions, it is impossible to find moral sanction for strikes in any creditable ethical or moral code.
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