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We bargain with our skill or our labour. If we are denied the right to withhold them, we become powerless, because bargaining only works when youre ultimately willing to walk away from the table and onto the picket line.

If workers arent willing to strike, or are prevented from doing so, employers have no reason to compromise. The strike is the cornerstone of bargaining.