Crooks gonna crook, governments will always act in favour of the highest bidder.

It's fucked up that most people will side with 'the company' in situations like this because strikes disrupt their lives. That's the point, these people do a job so essential to modern life that their absence is noticed within a day, yet they are payed so little because the work they do is 'unskilled' or requires only minimal education.

Canning the company negotiators and giving in would still see the employer turn a profit but management gotta stick together lest someone notice they are the tick and we are the dog.