Cars will jam the Bay Bridge. As with the UPS strike, the cost to society far exceeds any benefits either side hopes to achieve. I am one of those who will be affected. I am angry that my life has been jolted like this. From a social point of view, a strike is economic insanity.
Workers lose wages, the business loses revenue, and the public loses most of all.
From the workers' point of view, the strike is quite rational. Many don't have a realistic work alternative other than their employer. Without a union, the workers are in a poor bargaining position, since they fear unemployment. With a union, the workers are in a strong position. Their weapon is the strike, and it is a useless weapon unless they show they can use it.