To those who want striking to be made illegal...

I can't think of one sector where a 50% loss overnight would be manageable.

Might be difficult to manage in the short term, but within 3 or 4 days you could have flown in workers from all over the world willing to do the work and for not nearly as much.

Fair enough, employers are obviously also free to play hardball like the employees of course.

Making striking illegal is the most corporate-authoritarian thing I have ever heard of though.

"That" is literally what striking is. Again, if they walk out without quitting?

Nice try with the "argumentum ad passiones"

Are you aware of the meaning of argumentum ad passiones? It means appealing to one's emotions mainly without the use of factual evidence. The entire post is factual evidence.

Agree to disagree

And if they walk out without quitting?

And if they walk out without quitting? Right wing nut jobs saying these people should be prosecuted essentially.

They get fired.

Tough ****. Live in the real world.
Do your job: get paid.
Don't do your job: don't have a job.

It's not a complicated concept.

I didn't say striking should be illegal though if some office workers or factory workers want to go on strike it's a different situation. If public sector workers like firefighters, train drivers, doctors, teachers etc go on strike it is completely unfair on all the people that depend on them to go about their daily lives. Public sector strikes are simply extortion of common people.

What exactly do you plan to do when 50% walk out on you? Strikes generally don't consist of just one person walking out.

And there are already public sector roles in this country where it is illegal to strike. Why aren't you complaining about that?

They get fired.

Tough ****. Live in the real world.
Do your job: get paid.
Don't do your job: don't have a job.

It's not a complicated concept.

That just doesn't exist. I am truly amazed they still behave in the brattish way that they do, given the degree of overpay that they receive. As I posted on another thread:

Train drivers are paid just under £50,000 per year.
A junior doctor does 3-4 years at medical school unpaid, does an F1 year on £26,350, F2 year on £30,500, starts after that on a salary of £36,100 and over a few years progresses to £47,750. After a few more years it might increase up to £70k.
Teachers do 4 years at university unpaid, then are paid 22-28k as a newly qualified teacher depending on where they live (inner, mid- or outer london). A tube driver earns more than some headteachers.
The average soldier earns 27.5k and a Captain (!) earns 42k
The average nurse earns just over £23k per year

I mean...really. There are some strikes such as the doctor's strikes that I wholeheartedly support, but TfL unions are so far removed from reality it's painful.

And there are already public sector* roles in this country where it is, in effect, illegal to strike. Why aren't you complaining about that?

You could say just the same if the situation were completely reversed, e.g.
Tough ****. Employers should just learn to cope with strikes.
Meet your workers' demands: they work.
Don't meet their demands: no work gets done.

Nice little dream, but you'll forgive me if I don't take seriously the ideas on work reform that come from someone called "anarchism"...

That would be an ad hom fallacy

Any workplace worth its salt has contingency plans that can see them through a day or two of hardship. After that, it very much depends on the business.

But I note you haven't even acknowledged my first question to you, so I'll repeat it: