Strike too?

February 3 is the date called for. The word on the street is that a strike will be devastating to the economy of the City of Carbondale. Not only short term, but in the future. Some enterprising reporter for the Times, DE or SI ought to investigate the effect of recent strikes on other university towns, if she hasn't already.

Pre-strike rally?

A preventative measure, before the abrasion and the scab, so the city of Carbondale doesn't fall down and skin its knee on the concrete facts of economic reality.