but if the employer is able to successfully dodge any bargaining agreement and the union isn't willing to strike, then what is the point of complaining that some other conditions are better elsewhere? either stick to the negotiating process, in which of course the company isn't going to give away benefits before they negotiate benefit, or strike. I'm not sure why employees would assume that they're automatically going to get the best compensation right before they bargain for compensation.

this whole thing seems like a big ado about a pretty mundane process.