Based on articles I have been reading lately, I learned that the union has several key demands. Among them include wages, job security, 40-hour work week, and pensions. I'd say, as the talks continue during the strike, they will eventually have only two key demands left - most likely wages and job security. The federal labour lawyer will likely inform them "you can only have one or the other" - and the union will likely, but reluctantly surrender the job security and take the wage hike. Then, after the strike is settled, layoff notices will be issued to thousands of workers, possibly well over 10,000. I wouldn't be shocked if there could be a big lump-sum signing bonus in any offer that takes place. I mean, the Boeing offer that union accepted did have a big signing bonus, but in order to make that happen there had to be layoffs.
