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mark occomore
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RockitRon
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Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Easter has always been a soft target. If it's not our unions, it's the French, or Spanish.... _________________ Ron |
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iwarburton
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Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:51 am Post subject: |
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Seems bizarre for union militancy to emerge so strongly just before an election. Have they forgotten that the backlash from the 1979 Winter of Discontent swept the Tories to power?
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MadeinSurrey
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Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:47 am Post subject: |
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Exactly, Ian - I said the same thing. Unions obviously want a Tory Government _________________ MiS |
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mark occomore
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Lord Evan Elpuss
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Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:04 am Post subject: |
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iwarburton wrote: | Seems bizarre for union militancy to emerge so strongly just before an election. Have they forgotten that the backlash from the 1979 Winter of Discontent swept the Tories to power?
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What about the militant, intransigent attitude of people like Willie Walsh. Putting the Bullingdon club in power certainly won't help anyone except the aforementioned Willie Walsh & his like. I can't see how anyone who has to work for their living could vote for them? It would be a contradiction of interests.
For everyone's sake, they should get back round the table and negotiate a settlement. And when management want to make any changes, then talk to those who get their hands dirty first and thrash out a deal. Anything else would be tantamount to dictatorship, and you would have a resentful workforce. The last thing a contented workforce want to do is strike. Perhaps those in high management should think about that.
I think this lady has it about right.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/03/20/willie-walsh-has-made-the-public-face-of-ba-a-very-sad-one-indeed-115875-22124677/ _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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iwarburton
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Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:46 am Post subject: |
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In saying what I said, I wasn't implying that it's management right, unions wrong. But surely UNITE wants another Labour victory in the forthcoming General Election and its action, whether justifiable or not, seems designed to hinder this aim.
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Rachel Guest
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Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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MadeinSurrey wrote: | Exactly, Ian - I said the same thing. Unions obviously want a Tory Government |
They do!!! With a Conservative Government comes freedom!!!! |
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Helen May
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Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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80 went sick today, so they won't lose their staff travel perks, crafty eh........
BA have always been paid far more than any other airline.
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
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Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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Rachel wrote: |
They do!!! With a Conservative Government comes freedom!!!! |
Only for the fattest of fat-cats! _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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mark occomore
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Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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Whilst tax pay are propping up the company. I was watching the news and guessing that BA seem to be not achieving anything by hiring out private carriers to transport there passengers. It must be costing more than the strike. |
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