If the strike went on for three months, those figures would increase to 54,000 jobs and $3.2 billion.

One strike isn't, of course, going to force the government to turn tail.

"The longer the strike goes on, some guys are going to go in."

Since the strike had been going on for a few months, with no settlement expected in the near future, union members began to lose hope.

If the strike goes on for more than a month, it is likely to delay the start of the fall television season.

If such a strike went on three months, the loss would be 54,000 jobs and $3.2 billion, it said.

Gave us the final stuff on when the strike was going to happen.

Following his death from a heart attack, the Union said that the strike would still go ahead.

"If the strike goes all through the season, we could lose $150,000 to $200,000."

The union president said the strike was still going strong.