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Is it ok to strike anymore?

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  • 20-03-2010 4:48pm
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    Muckie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering with all the strikes/work to rule action thats going on.
    Taxi drivers, Passport workers and even across in the Uk with BA.

    Seen a clip on Sky News where a man was hoping to be yatching around
    Thailand but the BA strike might effect this, the News didn't go in for
    how the strike was effecting the workers who feel backed into a corner
    and taking theses measures.

    Is our media slanted towards the goverments
    and employers and the strikers now being shown in a bad light.
    Does the man in the street ever feel a strike is now warranted.


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    Rabies
    Registered Users Posts: 15,258 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    yes


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    The_Minister
    Registered Users Posts: 10,255 ✭✭✭✭The_Minister


    I think people are just pissed at the public servents acting out.


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    KoolKid
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    The_Minister wrote: »
    I think people are just pissed at the public servents acting out.
    And the taxi drivers.


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    phasers
    Registered Users Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    That 'strike' where a load of civil servants went shopping in Newry is still fresh in a lot of people's minds I'd say, so striking is not a very popular action at the moment


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    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    Strikes are passé. Dirty protests are where it's at nowadays.


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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users Posts: 33,069 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    It´s the human element of it. Joe Public must always be seen as the good guy, no matter what.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    dresden8
    Registered Users Posts: 3,289 ✭✭✭dresden8


    phasers wrote: »
    That 'strike' where a load of civil servants went shopping in Newry is still fresh in a lot of people's minds I'd say, so striking is not a very popular action at the moment

    Just because you and the agenda driven media are prepared to state this ad nauseum doesn't make it true.


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    Dont be at yourself
    Registered Users Posts: 10,571 ✭✭✭✭Dont be at yourself


    With modern labour laws, I would say there is very little need for strikes.


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    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    dresden8 wrote: »
    Just because you and the agenda driven media are prepared to state this ad nauseum doesn't make it true.

    +1

    Will you ever stop going on endlessly about that strike, phasers? The dude's like a broken record.


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    Mark200
    Registered Users Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭Mark200


    I've no problem with people striking for things like poor working conditions, safety, discrimination, and things like that. But I do have a problem with people striking because they think they should be immune from this recession. The idiots who think they deserve to strike because they got a pay cut when all they're doing is causing their employer to suffer from even worse financial difficulties, and therefore will lead them to have to make even bigger cuts in the future.


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    Bowlardo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,390 ✭✭✭Bowlardo


    phasers wrote: »
    That 'strike' where a load of civil servants went shopping in Newry is still fresh in a lot of people's minds I'd say, so striking is not a very popular action at the moment


    Don't forget the teachers in coppers!


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    phasers
    Registered Users Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    Trenton Juicy Narrator wrote: »
    +1

    Will you ever stop going on endlessly about that strike, phasers? The dude's like a broken record.
    Never! I was stuck in traffic for over 4 hours because of those bastards!


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    Turtyturd
    Registered Users Posts: 28,395 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    Yes it is ok to strike. The problem with them is that there is no cohesion or support and each group strikes individually while other groups complain about them. When a group strikes it should be supported by every other group that feel mistreated* and think they will have to strike in future. Maybe then the government will take notice.

    *except taxi drivers, pr*cks.


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    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    Muckie wrote: »
    Just wondering with all the strikes/work to rule action thats going on.
    Taxi drivers, Passport workers and even across in the Uk with BA.

    Seen a clip on Sky News where a man was hoping to be yatching around
    Thailand but the BA strike might effect this, the News didn't go in for
    how the strike was effecting the workers who feel backed into a corner
    and taking theses measures.

    Is our media slanted towards the goverments
    and employers and the strikers now being shown in a bad light.
    Does the man in the street ever feel a strike is now warranted.

    Well you were watching Sky News... Best thing you could ever do is never watch the news and read newspapers... sensationlist bullshítters, the lot of them. The news doesn't matter anymore, ratings do, ratings control what is being viewed and how it is viewed. They can report on what they want and alter the perception of said party.

    People should be able to strike, but it depends on what the strikes are about. Some civil servants are on strike because they were told they need to make cutbacks, take pay cuts etc etc while their managers take massive pay rises and bonuses. How the fcuk is that fair? Of course they should strike for that. Now if the managers took cuts also then that would be fair game, but those thick gobshítes thought it would be ok to take that massive bonus.


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    ejmaztec
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    phasers wrote: »
    Never! I was stuck in traffic for over 4 hours because of those bastards!

    Were you going anywhere nice?


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    PeakOutput
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    strikes are fine its the unions that are the problem

    they cant see past their own noses and if they had any sense they would advise their workers to put up with a year or two of hardship so that the company/country can be saved and they can keep their jobs. then when thigs recover in a year or two the unions can start trying to improve the conditions for their members and spend other peoples money again

    striking in this job climate is unpopular because there are hundreds of thousands of people who would take your job in a heartbeat and you should be thankfull to have one


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    PeakOutput
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    Lane Large Cushion wrote: »
    Of course they should strike for that. Now if the managers took cuts also then that would be fair game, but those thick gobshítes thought it would be ok to take that massive bonus.

    link please


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    dresden8
    Registered Users Posts: 3,289 ✭✭✭dresden8


    phasers wrote: »
    Never! I was stuck in traffic for over 4 hours because of those bastards!
    ejmaztec wrote: »
    Were you going anywhere nice?

    Probably shopping in Newry.


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    yoshytoshy
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    If you bowl ,striking is ok!


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    Bowlardo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,390 ✭✭✭Bowlardo


    phasers wrote: »
    That 'strike' where a load of civil servants went shopping in Newry is still fresh in a lot of people's minds I'd say, so striking is not a very popular action at the moment
    PeakOutput wrote: »
    strikes are fine its the unions that are the problem

    they cant see past their own noses and if they had any sense they would advise their workers to put up with a year or two of hardship so that the company/country can be saved and they can keep their jobs. then when thigs recover in a year or two the unions can start trying to improve the conditions for their members and spend other peoples money again

    striking in this job climate is unpopular because there are hundreds of thousands of people who would take your job in a heartbeat and you should be thankfull to have one


    Summed it up in one really! spot on post


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    ejmaztec
    Registered Users Posts: 23,984 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    dresden8 wrote: »
    Probably shopping in Newry.

    Could have been rushing a heart to a transplant patient, or "deceased" as he's now called.:(


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    phasers
    Registered Users Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    Were you going anywhere nice?
    I was rushing my pet snake whiskers to her knee surgery.

    ... she didn't make it ;-;


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    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    PeakOutput wrote: »
    link please

    Have you been living under a rock?


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    ejmaztec
    Registered Users Posts: 23,984 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    phasers wrote: »
    I was rushing my pet snake whiskers to her knee surgery.

    ... she didn't make it ;-;

    They killed whiskers, the bastards!


    I think that you're perfectly within your rights to bring this traumatic incident to the forefront of any discussion on Boards, even if it's completely off topic. RIP Whiskers.:(


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    Bowlardo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,390 ✭✭✭Bowlardo


    phasers wrote: »
    I was rushing my pet snake whiskers to her knee surgery.

    ... she didn't make it ;-;

    Moments silence for whiskers...such a little trooper:D


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    Riamfada
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    I call boards moderator sympathy strike on behalf of Whiskers!


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    james finn
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    the green isle foods strikers in naas should be ashamed of themselfs, they had 700 porn images in work which is a disgrace and i agree they should have being sacked


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    Riamfada
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    james finn wrote: »
    the green isle foods strikers in naas should be ashamed of themselfs, they had 700 porn images in work which is a disgrace and i agree they should have being sacked

    Unofficial strike = sack the lot of them imo. Its probably just an excuse to spend more time on redtube at home now that they have no porn in work.


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    james finn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭james finn


    Grimes wrote: »
    Unofficial strike = sack the lot of them imo. Its probably just an excuse to spend more time on redtube at home now that they have no porn in work.

    these scumbags were outside green isle with their kids shouting shame on green isle foods, i think its sick


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    Lemegeton
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭Lemegeton


    as a rule i take a dim view of people striking in a recession. everyone is suffering these days. the public sector action annoys me. even with their cuts they still have it much much better than workers in the private sector.
    i hate the taxi strikes but they do have a point with the amount of licenses that are granted. even at xmas time the ranks were still full


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