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The whole point is to get rid of government employees. Going on strike is just volunteering your members for the chopping block.

Yes, it's a prisoners dilemma. But solidarity is pretty important here no matter what. We forget that the best case scenario in such a dilemma is to all work together. They know already that they cannot literally fire every employee in order to keep operating.

It’s been illegal for Feds to strike for a long time, regardless of union membership. The federal employees unions have been pretty active in coordinating legal action though - IIRC both main lawsuits leading to reinstatement of the probationary employees who were fired were coordinated by unions

NPR: "Trump signs order ending union bargaining rights for wide swaths of federal employees"

-- https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5343474/trump-collectiv...

>It notably excludes law enforcement. "Police and firefighters will continue to collectively bargain

I hate this timeline.

But yea, we are well overdue for a reminder on why we made unions to begin with. For their sakes they better hope all these lawsuits save them from much more disruptive actions.