 The crippled economy was further battered by prolonged and sometimes simultaneous strikes by physicians, teachers, students, truck owners, copper workers, and the small business class.On 26 May 1973, Chile's Supreme Court, which was opposed to Allende's government, unanimously denounced the Allende "disruption of the legality of the nation".Although illegal under the Chilean constitution, the court supported and strengthened Pinochet's soon-to-be seizure of power.