How should government authorities respond to blue flu

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In light of the fact that most public sector strikes are technically illegal, discuss the ethics of the strategy of "mass absenteeism" or "blue flu" by public sector employees. (“Blue flu” occurs when a significant portion of workers for whom strikes are illegal, such as police officers, “coincidentally” all call in sick at exactly the same moment.) From a management perspective, how should government authorities respond to a “blue flu”?

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