That's nowhere near to the level of detail you'd get by attending management bargaining sessions as a union member, knowing union proposals and counter-proposals by mgmt, etc.

That’s not anything like working there

10% margins

In that case, why is there such a thing as insider trading?

Insider trading would be trading knowing exactly where the company is headed, their decision making process not where the company has been.

I doubt the SWEs have useful insider info at a company of this size.

Long-term traffic graphs can serve as good proxies for metrics investors care about.

Long-term metrics investors care about (revenue) are publicly shared with investors

https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/2024/08/Q224-Earnings-Relea...

And even if they did, there are trading blackout periods to prevent this (like other companies of similar size)

It seems that subtlety doesn't cut through the 'akshually' layer. The point I was trying to make is that regardless of what the company files publicly, employees will have more relevant information than an external observer such as us. There may be internal memos announcing upcoming changes in working conditions or benefits, chatter about SLT, chatter about acquisitions, layoffs, etc...

So, the argument that we can better figure out if the strike is worth it or not is bullshit.

Ok, I still doubt they have a better idea about that. Plenty of outsiders know more about my workplace than I do simply because they bothered researching, and the internal comms are more a distraction than actually juicy.