We don't have to lay our tools down for weeks on end. Contract Compliance is the long term burn which folks will stay in and is cumulative. We can pick times and places of our choosing to lay tools down for a while (in an unpredictable but well thought out way) and then pick them up again.
Along with a decent
PR campaign highlighting exactly what has been going on and the very real dangers incoherent rostering and increased fatigue have on safety so the flying public knows we are acting in their (as well as our) best interests in terms of safety and even product quality. Oh, and having rosters which change hourly and bear no resemblance to what is published ALSO increases stress in pilots who cannot plan any facet of their lives. Stressed pilots are ALSO something that should be worrysome to anyone on any aircraft.
This will also prevent any meaningful strategy for bringing in other toolworkers to cover. And will be a combat multiplier for CC.