Serious Business

Two Woody Allen bits are in my head this morning. The first, which relates to nothing is:

The people appeared to be divided into good and bad. The good slept better, while the bad seemed to enjoy the waking hours more.

And more to the point, he had a bit in his standup routine about how he used to work in his father's store and that he unionized the stock boys and they struck and drove him out of business.

Anybody involved in a labor dispute thinking they're going to "win" has to go in understanding that the ultimate extension of their actions is disastrous. The extremes are 100% job loss and the end of the enterprise as a going concern. Not that that usually happens, but you have to keep that potential in mind if you want to be smart about what's going on.