What Did Pro-Labor Newspaper Editor John Swinton Imply When He

What did pro-labor newspaper editor John Swinton imply when he stated that "Capital often triumphs in the conflict with labor…yet capital would be even harsher and more exacting than it is, if it were not for the protest of the strike, and the warning it gives"?

A) Strikes should be enacted even if union members do not fully support them.
B) The federal government should set up an agency to arbitrate labor disputes.
C) Strikes, contrary to popular belief, seldom failed.
D) Poor working conditions would be much worse without unions and strikes.