Umm...back to topic???
My understanding is that the managment and the union had worked out a deal and the union was ready to sign the contract when the management pulled the agreement off the table at the last minute.
That strikes me as manipulative, cynical and just plain shi**y. What options are the union leaders left with? Management effectively forces a strike and then stands back and acts put-upon and apologizes to all the doughy out-of-towners who want to watch the girls high kick. People (sheep that they are) see the photos of the sad little children and blame the union.
Next thing you know, people on BWW are fighting amongst themselves about what the union has done, but it is really choreographed 100% by The Man. Divide and conquer is one of the tools of choice of the oppressor class. Don't give in people--keep your eyes on the facts.
"They have never understood, and no reason that they should.
But if anybody could . . . " --SS