Saw it on google news, I was amazed by the powerful union there. If the union is okay on strike, grocery clerks and workers can strike legally with 1/3 pay. Last time I was living there, I experienced once. I didn't expect that strike can last over months. The friendly clerks you met everyday during grocery shopping are all out, standing around the store with all kinds of strike sign. The store hired some temps as backup. You can still go shopping there, but feel no right as shopping there is not supportive for those strikers. Cars passing by honk to show their support. Weeks by weeks, stuff on store shelves are sold, and no new delivery filled in, the store never looks so empty. Both sides are in tough situation, no customers, and stickers are on the edge of living with such minimal strike pay, finally store and union need to compromise a deal to end it.
This is definitely a whole new experience for people coming from socialism country, where worker unions suppose to be more p...