On 13/02/2018 14:32, Tim Streater wrote:

His focus seems to be specifically on causality.Â* In other words, if
bosses didn't give in to all union demands they they are a "cause" of
the ensuing strike no matter how unnecessary or disproportionate it
is. Of course that's not true.

The unions idea of the management refusing to negotiate is if they don't
cave in to all demands.
You see it all the time, the unions never appear to offer any compromise
to end a strike even if they sometimes agree to one the management offers.