They are trying to do an end-run around the union and go directly to the membership, ... They believe that what they're doing is acceptable to the membership, but not to the leadership.
They're doing it to appeal to the younger workers.
The question is: Are bigger unions, better unions?
Their feeling is, 'This is my only chance to get a job in this industry again, and I'm taking the job of a worker who miscalculated and walked off the job,' .
This is probably as bad as it gets for a union leader. He's in a fight with no allies.
This is not going anywhere, ... This is not going to be settled.
[The strikers are on their own against] a very determined employer and a large pool of replacement workers, ... If things remain the same and continue on this path, then the strike would be doomed.
This is a small union, and it doesn't have any allies, because it's kind of a pariah in the labor movement.
Quite bluntly, to an auto worker at General Motors or an airline worker facing demands for concessions, this doesn't mean a hell of a lot, ... Their concern is 'can my union deliver at the bargaining table?' I can't think of any union that would really be hurt at the bargaining table.
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