Did you notice the word stipend? What the Union gives is a very small amount to help supplement your savings. Even then, they will tell you that you need to have six month’s salary in savings. We all knew that was an impossibility.
Only if you are in the Union and have paid your dues and the Union is who called the strike. Then you get a stipend from the Union for the time you spend on the picket line.
Did you notice the word stipend? What the Union gives is a very small amount to help supplement your savings. Even then, they will tell you that you need to have six month’s salary in savings. We all knew that was an impossibility.