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Old November 20th 09, 03:45 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Is it time for transport unions to be banned?

On 20 Nov, 15:29, wrote:
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:24:15 +0000

Bruce wrote:
What is needed here, and across much of the public service sector, is
a combination of a no-strike deal and compulsory pendulum arbitration
of pay claims. *But it will never happen under Labour, because Labour
doesn't want to upset its Union paymasters.


A good suggestion I heard was that there must be something like a 75%
turnout on a strike ballot vote before any strike can legally go ahead.

B2003


As long as you need the same turnout to get into government, and the
same turnout of MPs to vote oppressive legislation through ... and so
on.