I cannot believe the idiot posts: "the stock price doesn't matter..."
To whom? To the shareholders it most certainly does, and according to the company rule book, that is who everyone works for.
Now if your had listened to the earnings call or read the news stories, then you might be informed for a change instead of a 'prototype V-Team Kool-Aid Drinker'
The Company told Wall Street that the strike will hurt earnings. Earnings are what dictate stock price and dividends and cash flow and an ability to repay debt.
The union is in the lead. And now the company will have to contend with shareholders and other interested parties at the Annual Meeting in a couple of weeks.