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Originally Posted by Doctorfever
I genuinely would like to know how the strike pay works, specifically to how long the 200 million dollars can last.
I do understand that if the 200 million runs out, there are other means of paying the striking workers. They can borrow money from other unions.
But why is it not as simple as 100,000 workers being paid $75 dollars per day?
I did try and google it, but failed to get anywhere.
The reason why I’m asking is because I was wondering if the strategy would be to try and out wait the union, by running them low on their initial $200 million war chest.
Edit, if you don’t want to answer, obviously you don’t have to. I am asking because you seem like the most knowledgeable person on this forum on this subject.
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I suspect the complexity comes from the requirement for picketing or other union duties be performed in order to get strike pay. The members still have to "work" for it and presumably not all union members will participate in strike activities. But I'm not a union guy so I'm probably wrong.