What was it like?
My employer, the city, and my union are really going at it. The mayor, who won his election with a lot of help from my union and labor in general, is bound and determined to essentially break us. My union is AFSCME. The mayor is saying negotiations are at an impass and he will impose his terms on the bargaining unit. We are saying impose your contract and we will walk. The mayor is up for re-election this year. He has irritated a lot of people in the city so I really don't think he will get past the primary much less win the general. But one never knows. Anyway, the mayor is such a freaking hot head, if he doesn't get past the primary I wouldn't be surprised if he imposed the contract just for spite. I could probably go for months if not over a year without working a lick and if I did go to work I could ride a strike indefinetly. Maybe a strike would make me decide to sell out and move on to somewhere else.
So, has anyone walked a picket? What was the outcome? From what I have read it seems like neither side really wins during a strike and the economic losses can take years to recover for both sides.