Oh boy here we go <| sep |> All of the sex that goes on in the hospital . So much cheating . <| sep |> It doesn ' t have to be forever . They can strike every other friday . By taking away the right of a company to hire temporary replacements you take away the companies negotiating power . You ruin the balance of power . Not at all . You ' re forgetting that the company still owns the equipment , the building , the capital required to purchase supplies , etc . They still have plenty of leverage . What we ' re doing is changing the balance of power so that some of it lies in the hands of the employees instead of the current situation where the employer generally has all the leverage . There is no law that says the workers can ' t get another job so your argument is assuming that workers would not strike except for only the most honest reasons , and even then they would be economically limited , but the fact is that they would have no limitations and they could shut down any company anytime . That ' s the point of organized labor . To put workers in a position where they have real leverage against the employer . And I ' m not assuming anything unions are free to repeatedly strike for stupid reasons , but they will hurt themselves in the long run if they choose to do so .