I dont think any of us want any of our crew to suffer financially or otherwise. When this eventually is over I hope some of the crew will look at their union and ask if they actually did them any favours.
You cant say no to everything for so long whilst peddling half truths and some very definite lies to bolster your case without putting yourselves firmly in the sights of any CEO worth their salt. A gradual top down streamlining would almost certainly have prevented this full on attack. The costs of the meal/box allowance system and the insane restrictions on short haul productivity could have been gently removed over the last 10 years. Instead WW now has the opportunity to not just fix these issues but massively cut average T+Cs too.