According to the statistics, little more than 10 per cent of all TAs actually voted. I think that the majority of TAs that didn't vote thought that the the mandate to strike would never go through. Moreover, in light of their loss in teaching experience and wages due to the strike, if given a second chance would vote against it. Also, like me, I assume that the majority of the TAs were in the dark about the whole voting proceedings. The union's request for a tuition waiver is totally ludicrous.
All students have financial woes.
If anything, TAs already have more of a financial advantage than their colleagues without TAships. They must have known how much funding they would receive as a graduate student. I am sure they do, but they continue in the hopes that their experience will make them better lawyers, both practically and financially. I think that the TAs in favour of the strike should look at this experience as a rite of passage and get back to work. Being a TA is a stepping stone, not a lifetime career.