This is a sobering and well resourced read, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

As a follow up it would be great to learn how you overcame your predicament and found gainful employment again.

And given my European roots, specifically the U.K., it is very well timed as we watch the NHS, First Responders , teachers, train drivers, civil servants and many others go on strike in the U.K. - some for the first time in their history.

A Tory history of financially penalising workers to benefit corporate shareholders is coming home to roost. I do hope the strikers do not end up with similar situations that your eleven thousand odd workers faced.

On the surface it would appear they are well coordinated and integrated across industry lines, something your article highlighted as necessary, in order to win.