I work in an office that is union-organized and my job is a union title. Our contract renewal is being bargained right now. I want to be prepared to cross the line if we go on strike. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 2, 2009 - 28 answers

Can I (we) play the retail version of counter-strike: source on a local network (at work) where we don't have access to steam [more inside]
posted by StephenMeldalFoged on Feb 23, 2009 - 8 answers

My co-workers are on strike. Should I go to work? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 15, 2008 - 27 answers

Question for pro screenwriters...since the strike is on right now, would this be an abnormally good time, or an abnormally bad time, to try to get an agent? [more inside]
posted by Ziggurat on Jan 14, 2008 - 19 answers

Piggybacking on the derail in this question, and solipsophistocracy's question therein, why are the Daily Show and Colbert Report making new episodes with the writer's strike still going on? [more inside]
posted by paddingtonb on Jan 10, 2008 - 12 answers

Months ago, my wife and I got tickets for the Jan 17th episode of The Daily Show. She's unlikely to cross a picket line - is there likely to be one? Either way, should we go? [more inside]
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed on Jan 8, 2008 - 27 answers

Pro Tools drums: BFD, Digidesign Strike, or something else? [more inside]
posted by The World Famous on Dec 6, 2007 - 3 answers

Has WWE programming been affected by the WGA writers' strike? [more inside]
posted by macdara on Nov 7, 2007 - 4 answers

BaseballFilter: If a batter has a full count and then fouls off the next few pitches, do those pitches go as a ball or a strike in the pitcher's pitch count for the game?
posted by phaded on Aug 6, 2007 - 7 answers

Where can I buy an electric door strike near Burlington, Ontario? [more inside]
posted by Sonic_Molson on Apr 3, 2007 - 1 answer

Stop me hitting my iPod! My 4th gen iPod requires frequent slapping to encourage it to unfreeze (try Googling 'slap+ipod' to see what I mean). What does this particular 'fix' actually do? How do I fix my iPod in a more permanent way? [more inside]
posted by Kiwi on Dec 28, 2006 - 8 answers

Denver's public transport is on strike. I'm coming over from overseas this weekend and will need to rely on public transport to get around. Ack! What should I do? [more inside]
posted by divabat on Apr 6, 2006 - 15 answers

A friend of mine is flying on Delta soon and wants to know: if they strike, will another airline honor her ticket? [more inside]
posted by philulrich on Mar 23, 2006 - 4 answers

MeFiNewYork, I ask you this. Today, I need to make it from Union, NJ to JFK Airport via public transit. I need to be at JFK by 7pm. I am leaving Union at 1:38pm, taking NJT to Penn Station, and LIRR to the Jamaica-JFK Airtrain. I am doing this with 100 pounds of luggage in a large rolling suitcase about the size of another person. There is a strike going on. Am I doomed? [more inside]
posted by brownpau on Dec 20, 2005 - 10 answers

Based on the recent contract negotiations for the Toronto Transit Commission (ATU 113) and the nearly averted strike, I was curious as to the average wage paid to other transit employees in countries that offer similar forms of public transit. [more inside]
posted by purephase on Apr 12, 2005 - 7 answers

How do you cross out words in Hypertext?
posted by semmi on Oct 11, 2004 - 30 answers