The point is that there are also a few hundred people not working now, because their gig jobs were cut. At best its a zero sum game: fewer people make more mone

The point is that there are also a few hundred people not working now, because their gig jobs were cut. At best its a zero sum game: fewer people make more money now. At worst its a net loss: the company saves money by eliminating a lot of positions and those few lucky union workers make more money individually but collectively they make less total money than the gig workers did before.