Medary.com

The company you work for is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy in an industry where retirement pensions are notoriously underfunded. What to do? Well, call a strike, of course! That'll teach 'em!

After talks broke off late Friday, union negotiator Jim Young said the mechanics would rather see the airline go into bankruptcy than agree to Northwest’s terms. The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association represents about 11 percent of Northwest’s 40,000 employees.

Something about killing the goose that laid the golden egg?