To all the striking Cabin Crew,
Take a look at ekwhistleblower's post 2 or 3 pages back.
I was involved in Sabena before it went down, all the pilots were told by the Union to go on strike and reject the restructuring plan to be implemented by the then CEO Christoph Muller.
Pilots were eventually told to go on "greve au finish" which means to go on strike till the Company caved in and agrees to meet the Union's demands.
The rest as they say is history, sure as hell the Company went bust, EVERYONE lost their jobs.
The Airline re-opened a few months later under a different name, they got rid of all the "old" staff on lucrative contracts, final salary pensions etc.
The ones that wanted and got re-employed had to re-apply for their jobs and IF employed were on much worse contracts than what they had in Sabena...
My two pence worth but be very careful to blindly believe and support your Union's stance in these difficult financial times.
Good luck to all.