Now I must admit I don't know Oakland's local customs, but down here a
> strike involves a collective refusal to work, and management usually
> does not approve. When we depend on the boss's permission, we call it
> 'annual leave'.
>
Sure. But if an employer threatens to fire workers for striking (as Whole Foods did), wouldn't it make itself a target?
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."