Unlike the nearly 50,000 Quebec nurses who were similarly forced back to work after an illegal strike in 1999 — but who enjoyed widespread public support for their
wage demands, which convinced the Parti Québécois government of former Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard to forego fines and reach a
higher - paying
settlement — Dallaire said the lawyers were unable to garner sympathy for the negotiation process discrepancies with Crown attorneys.
Plus, a
settlement requires resignation which a Virginia State employee would not like as an option because they typically have a
high wage earning job, some level of job security, and have retirement benefits that they do not want to forfeit.