Professor William B. Gould is quoted in this San Francisco Chronicle article on the likelihood of a possible strike by tech bus drivers in the Bay Area. 

A union representing tech bus drivers warned members to prepare to strike if their employer, Compass Transportation, refuses to budge on giving them better health care benefits and more holidays.

The drivers shuttle employees for large companies, including Apple, Genentech, Yahoo, eBay, PayPal and Evernote, and are represented by the Teamsters Union. Drivers should also be prepared to stop their buses if groups of protesters, most likely union supporters, swarm their buses, union officials said Saturday at a meeting in San Leandro.

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Some labor experts believe the Teamsters could have better leverage if workers chose to strike. A strike would need to be authorized by a vote before it could happen. “I don’t think the big companies want any bad publicity,” said Bill Gould, a Stanford University law professor and a former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board.

But Gould warned that if drivers choose to strike, they will not get paid, and it could imperil some of the Compass contracts.