I would think that going on strike in this financial climate is not a very good idea. I keep recalling the Kroger employees sitting out in the store’s parking lot, striking. In about two months the store closed. Now we don’t have a Kroger store and they don’t have jobs.
I know too many union types. I’ve got them in the extended family. I find them all very unAmerican and very greedy. They are always looking for ways around having to pay taxes and it’s always about them. They do not vote for what is good for America, they vote for anyone who will give them more freebies and more money to buy more “toys”. I don’t like those people.
Some of my family worked for Caterpillar in Peoria. For a few years, it seemed they were either on layoff, or on strike. Sometimes, the union called a strike just after they were called back to work. One relative moved to Florida, took a job in restaurant service. He said, yeah, I’m only making $8/hour instead of $27, but I’m employed year round. Not on layoff or strike 18 of 24 months.