For the best part of thirty years now the mantra has been 'Strikes help no one, achieve nothing and are a waste of time and effort. Strikers are biting the hand that feeds them & thus they are a bunch of Marxist / Anarchist hooligans'.
In the same time terms and conditions in most industries have been eroded, jobs are out sourced to the cheapest locations and the big bosses pay has sky rocketed.
It is about time there was a reassessment of this condition and if the staff at a company feel that their concerns are not being addressed then taking industrial action may be the only available solution. It is not a decision workers take lightly.