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    CaliforlifeMadeleine Davies
    6/03/16 6:13pm

    So. Strike anyway.

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      Caroline ThompsonCaliforlife
      6/03/16 6:17pm

      Yeah, I see the team still having leverage. What are you going to do, sue them for all the money you aren’t paying them? Put them in jail where they still won’t be playing?

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      CaliforlifeCaroline Thompson
      6/03/16 6:28pm

      Exactly. A judge’s ruling means nothing in this context. The ladies are vastly underpaid. They should, as a group say in a press conference: We are not boarding a plane to the Olympics until we receive equal or better (better; they are world class players; the men? Not so much) pay than our fellow male soccer players. And, the men should be right there with them (they won’t; they suck). And then just go about their lives. The Olympic committee would break in 2 days.

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    ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ : Riot GRRR is RUNNING WILDMadeleine Davies
    6/03/16 6:49pm
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      InfinityAeroʕ•ᴥ•ʔ : Riot GRRR is RUNNING WILD
      6/05/16 4:17pm

      The most effective protest would be to get to the finals, and then collectively refuse to move for the entire 90 minutes. People around the world would flip.

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    Flying SquidMadeleine Davies
    6/03/16 6:18pm

    They can’t strike, but are they obligated to win? I don’t think that’s possible to make them do that. If I were on that time, I’d just sit down on the field until a forfeit was declared.

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      acmeindustriesFlying Squid
      6/03/16 6:26pm

      Or play at 62% effort level, since they make 62% of what their male counterparts do.

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      DocSupremeacmeindustries
      6/03/16 6:32pm

      Could do 62% of a game, easier to quantify that way. The first 62% of course, so they don’t keep winning anyways :D

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    Weary WorldMadeleine Davies
    6/03/16 6:43pm

    So if they decide not to go to Rio due to fears of Zika, will they be jailed?

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      DashleyinCaliWeary World
      6/03/16 7:18pm

      My thoughts exactly. Besides the very real fear of Zika (and don’t forget the sewage water!), they could easily pull the equivalent of a sick out using Zika as a (good) excuse: “We cannot in good conscience travel to Rio for the Olympics, as the threat of Zika may cause real harm to the health of our bodies and families, now and in the future.”

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      AnnaWeary World
      6/03/16 7:48pm

      As soon as I read the headline, all I could think was how ironic it is for them to be (potentially) striking the Olympics... because of pay inequality. Honestly, I find it rather mind-boggling that athletes aren’t dropping out in droves. I know the Olympics are a huge deal for them personally – even a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for many, and/or an event they’ve dedicated their lives to for many years – but some things are just not worth it. I mean, swimming in sewage?

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    Josh-Bad-WriterMadeleine Davies
    6/03/16 6:42pm

    Um... what? Since when did judges rule when people could and couldn’t strike? I genuinely don’t understand this.

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      acmeindustriesJosh-Bad-Writer
      6/03/16 6:50pm

      There was a “no strike” clause in their union contract. The contract was initally supposed to expire in 2012, and there was a legal dispute over whether it was properly renewed to last until 2016.

      The judge ruled that contract was still in effect, and that the players were bound by the no-strike clause.

      (I am offering this only as an explanation of why the judge had anything to say about this issue, I am not expressing agreement with the judge’s ruling).

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      Fisk the Fishacmeindustries
      6/04/16 4:57pm

      What amazes me is how long ago this original contract was signed. Are these even the same people on the team, at this point?

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    harmagedomMadeleine Davies
    6/03/16 11:28pm

    If you need permission to strike, you’re doing it wrong...

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      bladerunnerMadeleine Davies
      6/03/16 6:54pm

      What the heck? Did the MoU give a date past the Olympics, or did the judge just pull a Reagan (my word for when the government transparently supports business in a labor dispute where it’s very clear management is in the wrong, a la the air traffic controllers that Reagan screwed over, beginning the breaking of American labor)?

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        Turdington Jonesbladerunner
        6/04/16 2:12pm

        There is a no-strike clause in their contract. If they strike, they are in breach of that contract. And since they signed the contract, they must be okay with losing the ability to strike. It’s not pulling a Reagan, it’s enforcing a valid work contract.

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        bladerunnerTurdington Jones
        6/04/16 5:26pm

        They do not have a contract. Are you not able to read the article, or are you just trolling?

        “It expired at the end of 2012 but was extended by a memorandum of understanding that the players association had recently threatened to end if “significant progress” wasn’t made in talks for a new contract.”

        The contract expired. Don’t know what the MoU says, though, datewise, hence my question. But your answer is an obvious untruth.

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      SarsAttacksMadeleine Davies
      6/04/16 12:50am

      GREAT. EVERYTHING’S WONDERFUL. FINE. FINE.

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        NevergreenMadeleine Davies
        6/03/16 6:52pm

        They should show up and just stand on the field. Fuck this bullshit.

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          DashleyinCaliNevergreen
          6/03/16 7:22pm

          I agree with this, but PLEASE BATHE IN BUG SPRAY FIRST, ladies!

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        Oh.Indeed.is.writing.down.his.burner.key.this.timeMadeleine Davies
        6/04/16 10:52am

        HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH “allowed.”

        Go ahead and “legally” replace them all with scabs and see how that works for ya.

        Jesus, this fucking country has a serious misunderstanding of the leverage of labor.

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