Certainly, when workers make the very difficult decision to walk a picket line.... That is not an easy decision to make. That's after many months, usually, of bargaining and attending meetings with their union to understand what the issues at the bargaining table are. Workers don't make that decision lightly.
The first day on the picket line costs them their paycheque. They don't know how long they're going to be on the picket line for. For example, we have the Bank of Canada down the street; those workers have been on a picket line for over 100 days. However, the issues in front of them are big enough that they know they need to take action.
Whether it's wage inequality, dealing with job security, or dealing with the trade and tariff issues that we're dealing with right now in terms of how those are impacting their workplaces, workers know that the card they hold is to withdraw their labour. The employer holds all the other cards: where to invest, how to invest, how to organize their business, whether to expand, whether to shut down and whether to minimize production lines. Those are the cards the employer holds.
The card the workers have is the ability to withdraw their labour. Without that, you upend the table.