But these efforts, the strikers say, are just a drop in the bucket.

The strikers said their goal today was to persuade students to renew the strike.

The strikers say that even with above-average salaries the money is still not enough to get by.

"One good turn deserves another, Major," the striker said with a shaky smile.

He's got everything," said the former striker who also played most of his career in France.

"In a lot of the games we have played well," the Irish striker said.

"This time we did not manage to win," the strikers said in a statement.

The strikers say that business is down far more than 20 percent.

The strikers say the Government is moving too slowly in raising their pay.

Some strikers say their parent union has not done enough to support their cause.