Upperdeckpsr,
There are issues that I would be prepared to strike over, but these issues and the knowledge of the consequence of IA are so huge that the issue of ST pales into insignificance.
The problem here was that many CC took the issue of IA way too lightly. This is shown by the "send Willie a message" crowd who voted for IA. This was not a militant minority, let's all remember the 80 and 90% votes for IA among the vast majority of CC. The bulk of CC did not realise the huge step that striking is, some thought it would never come to it, some thought it was a bit of a lark and some had no intention of carryimg out their mandate.
Striking is the nuclear option. If it gets to that stage then it's no use whining afterwards at something so relatively trivial as the removal of a perk.