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  • Damn I felt this in my bones. I am a union organizer at my hospital and those numbers are bang on… Out of a department of 100 or so there is usually me being the union person, and MAYBE I can get 1 or 2 other people to do certain things at certain times, and about 5-10 people to participate in an in person action that isnt a strike… And the other people are happy to get the benefits but dont want to put in any effort or “risk” at all.

    We actually did have a 1 day strike 3 years ago and I’d say even then 3-5% of the people crossed the picket line to work, maaaaybe 50% of the nurses showed up in person outside the hospital, and the other 50% just cant be bothered to interrupt their life at all.

    We are very tactical with our stuff and it was only a 1 day strike (although it does have ramifications for about 5 days because of staffing contracts)… If it was an open ended strike I bet the number of people that would be active in it would immediately fall to your stated 15% or so outside of the first week