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Originally Posted by Swarly
Union should be doing what its members want, or at least what the majority wants. If they gave strike notice then there must have been a strike vote or a rejection of the current proposal, no? with a majority wishing to strike at a time when everyone is suffering in a bad economy, good idea, you'll get tons of sympathy.
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It's the sense of entitlement that gets many members voting that way. For whatever reason some (not all) don't seem to understand the harsh realities of a bad economy and what most people will do to survive. Voting to strike in a bad economy won't get you any sympathy from families or single people who are unemployed and looking for a job.
Losing wages, benefits and other negotiated items from the past seems to be the sword they are willing to die on.
The people I feel sorry for are the members who didn't vote to strike.
Lastly, when you're striking against a major corporation, who has more resourses to outlast the other? It's certaintly not the employee.