07-28-2009, 09:29 PM
What the heck, here's a definition for a type of strike from the webpage <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://money.howstuffworks.com/strike2.htm">http://money.howstuffworks.com/strike2.htm</a><!-- m -->.
Slow-down - All the union employees continue coming to work on time, and they continue to perform their jobs, but they do them more slowly. This might mean that they start doing everything "by the book," following every guideline and performing every safety check to the point that their work slows down. The resulting drop in production hurts the employer, but again, the employees aren't actually breaking any rules. This is sometimes called a partial strike.
Almost forgot one important point. In the context of our local situation the "employer" in the above definition would be the equivalent of the "citizens of Waukegan".
Slow-down - All the union employees continue coming to work on time, and they continue to perform their jobs, but they do them more slowly. This might mean that they start doing everything "by the book," following every guideline and performing every safety check to the point that their work slows down. The resulting drop in production hurts the employer, but again, the employees aren't actually breaking any rules. This is sometimes called a partial strike.
Almost forgot one important point. In the context of our local situation the "employer" in the above definition would be the equivalent of the "citizens of Waukegan".