Hi
The alternative to strikes.
I was, for most of my life, in occupations were you were not allowed to strike.
This was on the grounds of risk to public health or public safety.
You were however entitled to take industrial action short of striking.
I am against strike action for the following reasons.
It costs you money because of loss of wages.
It affects ordinary people who are in no way connected with the dispute, both in their daily lives and also financially, eg additional childcare costs.
In many instances strikes encourage employers to take things slowly to see if they can starve you back to work.
In circumstances such as these, the target has to be Government in all it’s various forms.
Theses circumstances are multinational, affect lots of Countries, they cannot be sorted by individual companies, no matter how large they are.
Withdrawing cooperation with the employer, in this case Government, is very effective.
No reports, no responses to questions, no committee reports, no minutes prepared and published.
No financial information, no statistics, zilch, nothing.
Politicians are control freaks, they like to seem to be in control and know what they are doing.
They absolutely hate to be on TV or Radio and having to admit that they know nothing.
No prepared answers for them.
The entire system breaks down in a fortnight and they are ready to talk.
The sensible thing to do is then to talk behind the scenes, not in public, be sensible in your demands, never claim victory and let Government announce the outcome as their idea.
