But today's strike and whatever action follows it isn't just about pensions.
One senior editor who left said the staff had been unhappy for months about job benefits and pensions.
To travel around America today is to find a country also deeply concerned about education, competition, health care and pensions.
Unions already provide members with information about pensions and health care, in some cases providing these services themselves.
This is not just about pensions; it's a wider societal issue.
I am not, however, talking about pensions and cottages in the country.
We will finalise the question about pensions even before the meeting takes place.
"Most young people starting in a job do not get around to thinking about pensions for decades," he says.
I've heard that they weren't allowed into a meeting about pensions, which had nothing to do with the strike.
A better idea would be to require companies to provide more information about pensions more often.