Company to Union Strikers: We want(ed) to work with you, but we'll work without you…

The International Association of Machinists has called a strike at Tufco, a manufacturer in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
According to Chattanooga’s Times Free Press, only about “two dozen of the 55 hourly employees” walked off their jobs after the company and the union failed to reach a new three-year agreement.
In response, the company sent out an announcement that most unions (and strikers) do not want to read [emphasis added]:

Unfortunately, the Machinists Union decided to institute this work stoppage after the company offered a wage and benefit package that far exceeds the average manufacturing company compensation plan in the Chattanooga region.

Fortunately, Tufco Corp. has three other manufacturing plants that are non-union, with two in Dalton, GA and one in Palmer, Tenn. Accordingly, the individuals involved in this particular work stoppage represent less than 10 percent of Tuftco’s total work force. As a matter of fact, all of our non-union employees, as well as some union employees, have crossed the picket lines in Chattanooga and currently there are more individuals working in the plant than those involved in the work stoppage.

We will shift some production to our other plants, in addition to continuing to operate our Chattanooga facility, in order to assure our customers and suppliers that we are conducting “business as usual.” we do not forsee this work stoppage having any negative impact on the company for the long term.

It would appear that the typical union strategy of lasting one day longer than the employer will not be effective in this particular strike.