Read and learn about the stories of how the airlines treat their ground handlers. Read the thread about a LoCo in Spain and a threatened strike to try and protect the employees' livelihood. They are a link in the chain, unionised, and yet they are still targeted for slash & burn tactics. Not long before all the other links are equally targeted; and many of those are non-unionised/united and so vulnerable. Greed is a great fueler for such strategies and has unstoppable inertia.