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This is public transport strikes should be.
In my country we get at least 1 public transport strikes per month (this month we're already at 2) and it's a win-win-win situation for the main company. Don't need to pay the salary to the workers, don't need to pay for energy/gas and no refunds for all the idiots who purchased a bus/tram/train pass. And anyway the people now expects to get a strike just before the weekend, so they just don't bother, take private transit that day.
The transport companies don't care at all if the workers are on strike. It doesn't hurt their wallet at all! Strike because you want a salary increase? Go ahead, we save money if you do! Instead if strike means free public transport for everyone, the companies would immediately find ways to get an agreement
i suspect that things like the taft-hartley act proves that they'll pull the gov'ts strings before ever coming to the bargaining table.