The USA Strike

[dragon04]

Or the potential thereof. I thought I saw a thread started about this. Maybe I was wrong.<br /><br />I have some questions.<br /><br />1. Has this ever happened before?<br /><br />2. Is this an attempt to get a "better deal" because the STS program is scheduled for termination in 3 years?<br /><br />3. Are wages and benefits so bad that it's worth striking on the hope that a fickle Congress would fund the needed concessions by USA?<br /><br />This seems very strange to me. I don't want to turn this into a debate on Unions, but the timing seems suspect to me considering our obligations to the completion of the ISS and the remaining number or Orbiter missions.<br /><br />Perhaps more largely speaking, what does this mean for our Manned Space Program? Will it be held hostage to future threats of work outages due to Labor vs. Management issues?<br /><br />That could be detrimental to our Manned Space Program in the eyes of the taxpayer and Congress, I should think.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em>"2012.. Year of the Dragon!! Get on the Dragon Wagon!".</em> </div>

 

[jimfromnsf]

1. Delta workers did<br />2. doubtful<br />3. Congress has no direct impact on workers wages. Congress has an impact whether the workers have a job but not how much they get paid<br /><br />This is no real big deal

 

[christine16]

its normal

 

[radarredux]

> <i><font color="yellow">What publicly funded mass transportation system doesn't go on strike from time to time?</font>/i><br /><br />I will agree that this may be a non-issue, but STS (and especially at this point in time) is fundamentally different than other transportation systems. STS has a hard shutdown date (Sep 30, 2010) and a lot to do before it completes its primary mission for this decade -- namely completing ISS, and there are no alternative means to complete this mission.</i>

 

[subzero788]

I don't understand it either, I mean surely the workers know that NASA is broke <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" />

 

[jimfromnsf]

Has nothing to do with NASA funding

 

[jimfromnsf]

NASA's funding determines whether the workers have jobs or not. NASA does not deal directly with a contractor's workers. The worker's pay determine by USA's profit margin