Against this backdrop, we would argue there is no need for a token strike in the next few days merely to make good on the President’s Wednesday tweet.

Sixteen members of the confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions who, for one reason or another, had refused to observe a nationwide one-day "token strike" were sentenced to social ostracism in their own plants.

To show they meant business, they ordered a token strike in three terminals and two feeder railroads.

A fortnight ago, the players put on a token strike.

Longshoremen decided to join the protest, held a token strike for six hours.