Ardacre,
You're missing the point! Management know better than we do that a strike is unlikely amongst such a new workforce, and even if there was one it would take for ever to arrange, given that so far we only have a few union members, let alone union recognition to organise. Absolutely none of this is any secret to management.
So how much better for us all the have been a complete pain-in-the-butt to our entire management for a whole week.