Call me cynical but when a strike has been called for a day following a weekend which in turn follows a public holiday (Good Friday) which in turn follows a day (Maundy Thursday) that many sectors in the community treat as a public holiday and all of this precedes another public holiday (May 1st) I don't think you can realistically rely on anything to run as it ought during that period. On the other hand, how many people are going to drag themselves away from their super-super-long long weekend to join a picket line?