What to do about a strike?
brl: Crossing a picket line is not the right way to take a principled stand against unions.  If you don't like unions, then don't take a job in a union shop.I'm surprised that nobody else has mentioned the social consequences of the decision you are considering. If you cross the picket line you are a 'scab' and some of your colleagues, especially if they come from a working class background, will consider you to be a traitor.The TA-like employees you work with probably do not resemble the stereotypical angry union truck driver or dock worker but some of them may come from countries where trade union organizers are routinely arrested, kidnapped, tortured, and murdered.Otherwise polite and reasonable people can take a lot of offense to a decision like this.