nothing is fair when it comes to labor wage/benefits/work-rules disputes between management and unions. where i am, it happens twice a year like clockwork due to 2 unions taking turns to turn the screw on "collective bargaining". we, management, have learned a few tricks over the years dealing with union thugs and extortionists. we train all executive directors, directors, managers and management staff in the things union workers do. every management employee has secondary and emergency responsibilities, and their extra skills and knowledge are being updated, tested and qualified every year. and they are pre-assigned roles, jobs, sites on the contingency plan (plan b). once unions go on strike, plan b is activated, and the collective bargaining position of unions takes a nosedive the moment they see "replacement workers" arriving at sites to keep the business running. of course, this can't last forever, and there is a high price in shipping and putting thousands of management staff all over the country in hotels and giving them rental cars to reach sites, plus removing them from their original roles which are more long term impacting. but at least the immediate emergency is addressed, operations continue to run, customers do not face disruption, and the unions lose all their bargaining power.
