> They can just hire anyone off the street. No, they can't, not quickly. First they have to find a large number of new hires (which takes time), then those new

> They can just hire anyone off the street. No, they can't, not quickly. First they have to find a large number of new hires (which takes time), then those new hires have to be taught how to use the equipment and do the job in general (which takes time), then it takes even more time until they're fully productive. > They just route it through some other path. You have this weird idea that only a single warehouse would be put on strike. Why? Do you think there would be one union per warehouse? > Whereas for the warehouse workers, the longer they strike the longer they're not getting paid. The way this typically works is that workers pay union dues, some of which is used to replace their pay during a strike. Those funds aren't endless, but usually sufficient to force the company to make concessions. Again, unions actually work outside the US. Why are you ignoring the evidence that they do?