SFGate, June 7, 2014, Saturday

SFGate 

June 7, 2014, Saturday 

SFGate (full article)

Why frustrated Muni operators use sickout to gain leverage

"Sickouts are usually short, very short, and they only work if there's an element of surprise," said Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. "You can't tell the public that in a week you're staging a sickout, because then it's illegal. It's a strike."