> One can only imagine what would happen if the Finnish government tried to ban sympathy strikes in the same way the US government has here.

Although it's not quite on the level of US bans, the new Finnish government is currently trying to restrict sympathy strikes and political strikes, so we'll see how that goes. Trade unions are already throwing jabs with 1-day strikes and uppercuts are probably coming next year.

[0] https://yle.fi/a/74-20051635

This is exactly what the story reminded me of.