[rmc]

Yes, I agree that if you threaten to quit, you should be willing/able to follow through. And yes in the USA, the could call your bluff and sack you, but in the EU, they cannot do that. So the equation has changed.

[johnward]

In the US California seems to be the closest to some of the worker rights the EU has.

[rmc]

Sorta like how Iran isn't quite as theocratic as Saudi Arabia is? I mean, they let women drive in Iran!

As a EUian, that's how I'd feel about California.