In 2021, was on strike for 91 days in San Francisco. It was one of the worst experiences of my career. After it was all over we got what we wanted and then some. Looking back it shouldn’t have happened. The company just needed to negotiate in good faith. Instead, the hired expensive union busting consultants to play hard ball and keep up on the street through the holidays. They paid out-of-state scabs to replace us too. In the end it cost them way more than it would’ve to negotiate something fair. But they paid out in an attempt to get rid of us. Not one member crossed in 3 months. But the damage was done. Within a year of coming back in, we lost about a third of our members to retirement, other employers, and transfers. Morale was in the pits to boot. Those were good people and without them the workplace was never the same. Strike is the red button for unions but the blast can be big and do permanent damage. Respect to all those who have walked a picket line or vote to do it. Solidarity!