Reply #27: sorry but a strike is not a "luxury". [View All]

I spent over four months on strike for the very same reasons describe in this OP.
I had bills and a family to support, you do not qualify for un-employment benefits unless you are 'locked out'. You do get strike pay (a fund you paid into) that averages maybe $100 a week until the fund runs out. I couldn't live on $400 a month so it was not a luxury but a necessity.

You do realize we have labor laws because people like my father had the "luxury" of striking. Laws that gave us the 40 hour work week, laws against child labor and many more.
Your statement "In an economy like ours quitting is not an option for the vast majority of people." Is the best reason to pass this.
http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/whatis.cfm