Then they can go find other jobs. F them. F unions.
I am pretty much as anti-union as anybody but there is a matter of degree here. I have watched teachers unions in this state go on illegal strikes (that cost them nothing becasue they always get to make it up) becasue they weren't the highest paid teachers in the state. These guys are not asking for the moon.
There have been previous contracts where they did ask for the moon and did strike over what was a good contract. This is not a good contract. It does not protect their jobs in any way. The company slashed the union guys after 9/11 with heartless glee. Now that things are looking up a little they could have offered a more neutral contract.
The previous contract was a major win for the company they got the union to actually reject the contract but by union by-laws they need a 2/3 majority to strike and they didn't get that. So you have a contract that more than half of the people rejected. And yet the company uses all these buzz words like"world class contract" etc.