It sounds like it *wants* to be a union-- the account is using union terms. But this doesn't sound like a strike so much as a slow-down. And the Spanish definition of "strike" might not be ours. Interesting stuff. I'm basically with the workers-- they've probably been working with ancient crap and barely holding on as is. We'll see. It seems like anything can cause a price increase, so I'm glad I just got a batch of Valejo paints. It also doesn't matter if the paint sets have been holding down a shelf over here for three months-- the price will go up if imports are going up.