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Another Tube strike announced
On 29 May, 12:04, Tony Polson wrote:
disgoftunwells wrote: On 28 May, 19:13, Tony Polson wrote: disgoftunwells wrote: Where you have an essential service, how about legislation to remove* the right to strike and replace it with compulsory pendulum arbitration. This has worked well at many companies, where a strike would damage employees and employers. It could work in the public sector as well. The first reaction to such a suggestion would be for the RMT to call an all-out strike. That would of course be a political strike which is banned under the 80s legislation, so the RMT could then be stripped of its assets. Nonsense. *RMT would be striking because management were unilaterally imposing an unacceptable form of wage negotiation. *That's a fundamental issue and one that would form a perfectly legal basis for industrial action. *Comrade Crow would have no problem rustling up a vote against, so all requirements of the industrial relations legislation would have been complied with. * Please read what I said - "legislation to remove the right to strike ....and [enforce compulsory arbitration]" This would be nothing to do with the management and the RMT. If the RMT launches a strike then would be striking about Government legislation - i.e striking against a third party which is illegal under the 1984 act (I think - I studied it 20 years ago - but certainly one of them) But ultimately, when faced with constant blackmail, a day of reckoning has to arrive. That's where you're wrong. *Decades of simmering discontent and periodic strikes have led to more decades of simmering discontent and periodic strikes. *Nothing has changed. *Nothing is bringing it to a head, so there won't be a day of reckoning. I was thinking more generally. When was the last time the miners went on strike? Even Rover workers turned a new leaf, though ultimately too late to save themselves. Workers keep getting what they ask for. The management can't do anything. finally external stakeholders force the issue. In a competitive market, external stakeholders are customers and act very quickly. |
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