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Originally Posted by JohnnyCanuck
Working to rule is a completely legitimate tactic (in or out of bargaining) for a union to bring pressure on an employer. It is exactly what it sounds like (my lunch starts at 11:30, I put my tools down at 11:30, don't even bother to finish to tighten the bolt I'm working on).
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That reminds me of a railroad accident that happened back in the 1970's. The railroad wanted the yard switcher crews to work until quitting time, and then bring the locomotives back to the shed on unpaid time. One crew decided to step off their running/moving train at exactly quitting time, which resulted in an unmanned locomotive with about a dozen freight cars in tow idling itself out of the yard, onto the mainline, and ultimately winding up at the bottom of a river because a draw bridge was open.....