Reminds me of my father who worked at GE in the 60’s. They went on strike for over 6 months for 10 cents more an hour. My father was a scab and crossed the picket line. He said it would take the rest of the idiots years to make up that 10 cents they lost for every hour they were out of work and he said I have a family to feed.
When I was a kid I knew a number of older ladies who had been homemakers during Pittsburgh’s big union days in the 40’s and 50’s. To a one they all seemed to agree that whenever their husbands were called out on strike the family never did make up the economic ground they had lost during that period of being without a paycheck.
I’m reminded of the strike the UFCW did in CA back in 2003-2004. They were out for 4 or 5 months over supermarket jobs. When the dust settled the stores remained but numerous people lost houses, cars, etc when they defaulted on loans.