Remember the Republican's argument against Public Employee Unions.

[Bandit]

They said no Union or any other group should be able to shut down government or demand anything of government by striking or slow downs.. HYPOCRITES

[legcramp]

1. I think it was FDR who started that

I don't remember him being a Republican though.

All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management. The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for administrative officials to represent fully or to bind the employer in mutual discussions with Government employee organizations. The employer is the whole people, who speak by means of laws enacted by their representatives in Congress. Accordingly, administrative officials and employees alike are governed and guided, and in many instances restricted, by laws which establish policies, procedures, or rules in personnel matters.

Read more at the American Presidency Project: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Letter on the Resolution of Federation of Federal Employees Against Strikes in Federal Service http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=15445#ixzz2hAIrrkWR