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Re:Code to flood Kellogg with bogus job applications after s... by gruez on Friday December 10, 2021 @11:34AM (#29511846)
>These are strikers, not fired employees, and what is happening is a protest

Why is this relevant? Does being labeled as a "striker" give you additional legal rights that you wouldn't otherwise have?

>It's no different than mailing in a bunch of applications, it's just digital instead. They aren't burning down the offices

"not burning down offices" seems like a pretty low bar for acceptable conduct. that doesn't mean their behavior is legal. The obvious analogy would be: would it be legal to spam a pizza restaurant with fake orders? Or spamming a doctor/hospital with fake appointments? Or spamming police departments with fake tips?

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Re:Code to flood Kellogg with bogus job applications after s... by fennecfoxen on Friday December 10, 2021 @11:46AM (#29511988)
> Does being labeled as a "striker" give you additional legal rights that you wouldn't otherwise have?

Actually, yes.

For instance, if you are an employee who is striking, you have the right to use racial slurs to abuse and harass employees who are not striking, without being fired for use of those remarks. See Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. v. NLRB. (Remarks included: "Go back to Africa, you bunch of f--- losers!", statements regarding fried chicken, watermelon, etc.)

There are a variety of other rights conferred by law.

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Re:Code to flood Kellogg with bogus job applications after s... by likpok on Friday December 10, 2021 @11:51AM (#29512080)
Being a striker does give additional legal rights you wouldn't other wise have, but I don't think that this is one of them. It's also unclear whether the author or people using the script are actually fired employees or bored teenagers jumping on the bandwagon.

Spamming a police department with fake tips is specifically illegal (making a false police report and/or obstruction of justice and/or USC 1001). I'm not sure about fake appointments for a hospital, that seems the most unclear of the cases you've listed.

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Re:Code to flood Kellogg with bogus job applications after s... by hello_marmalade on Friday December 10, 2021 @10:15PM (#29518076)
Yes, strikes are okay as long as they aren’t inconvenient or worse, effective.
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