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Capitalism Wins Again: Hating Strikers, Not Their Employers | s.e. smith @ this ain't livin

The thing is that people on strike would prefer to be working. Being on strike is stressful, especially if you don’t have the protection of a union to help cover expenses. You’re losing income, and if you’re passionate about your job, you’re not able to do what you love. Teachers, for example, love working with students and want to educate people. They know that time lost in school is tough, and they are just as unhappy about having to be on strike as students, parents, and members of the general public are about there being a strike. People don’t want to be on strike, but they know it’s their only option in the face of a situation that has built to a head and apparently cannot be resolved any other way.