poxy train drivers

I guess the non public sector workers of this state have had no reason to be unhappy with their lot for so long that they forget the need for a union, they forget the role of the union.
Don't they know that for most employers the workers are merely another resource to be exploited, used up? just liek the raw materials themselves. And if a cheaper alternative arises they will defer to that, no loyalty, no thought at all.
So, as a public sector worker, if I, via my union, take umbrage with a descision taken by management that affects my day to day, when my opinions and my arguements are disregarded, why shouldn't I have the right to strike? Why should I be bullied by my management to hop through their hoops?

The big thing here is it all throws into sharp relief just how important and man hour hungry the public services are, whilst most of the idignant folk who find striking so reprehensible are in jobs that most can do without, namely the service industry.

Striking by it's very nature means a stop or degredation of normal service, therfore, again by its nature, it means service users are going to be deprived.
It's a tribute then to the owners/managers of these services that they deflect the blame squarely onto the shoulders of the striking staff, while the management themselves, almost without fail, have plenty of prior notice that a difficulty is arising, but choose to do nothing about it.