Crossing a picket line?

Pride Fighter wrote: »

Germany 1939.

Prone to some sensationalism are we? Oh well, if it's all you got then we'll have to make do I suppose:rolleyes:

I have completely mixed feelings bout the strike on 24th of November. What good will it do on one hand, but on the other hand, its time we put trust in someone other than the government and the banks. They've completely screwed up the place.

Anyway my lecturer is crossing the picket line Tuesday(if there is one??!), but i'm not. The class want their lecture. He told us if he gets beaten up he'll come after us! haha

I'm not driving a half hour to Galway city for one lecture and potentially rubbing people up the wrong way! yay i get to sleep in!

Damn flooding in county galway could lead to more sleep ins too

My sincere sympathies to the families and friends of the 4 girls that died tragically in the car accident last night

stevoman wrote: »

watched somewhon cross the picket line on the last civil service strike day. he was too mean to pay his union fees and he passed the picket line.

he was shunned in work sice and he will be the only person in the building now on NOV 24th apart from the man hired to open it. he will have to pass by 200 staff.

Im a CS and I am not in a union. Its not because I am too mean to pay the union fees though. I was an active member of the CPSU when I was a CO and an SO but I got so disalusioned with it over various various aspects that I left. Then when I got promoted to EO I didnt bother joining the PSEU. Next week the majority of the staff in my building are out on strike (3 different unions). Only 3 of us are not in the union. I really dont want to pass the picket so the only option to me is to come in before 8am and leave after 7pm. However if I do pass the picket I wont get any work done as the people I need to talk to will all be outside picketing.

gazzer wrote: »

Im a CS and I am not in a union. Its not because I am too mean to pay the union fees though. I was an active member of the CPSU when I was a CO and an SO but I got so disalusioned with it over various various aspects that I left. Then when I got promoted to EO I didnt bother joining the PSEU. Next week the majority of the staff in my building are out on strike (3 different unions). Only 3 of us are not in the union. I really dont want to pass the picket so the only option to me is to come in before 8am and leave after 7pm. However if I do pass the picket I wont get any work done as the people I need to talk to will all be outside picketing.

well the member i am specifically talking about is meana nd its a matter of money more than anything else that he wont join.

on a note on yourself though if you not in the union that is your chioce, but do you not find it very unfair to your colleagues that you are not in the union so you will in fact pass the picket line, but you will go into work for the day and get the days pay for it whilst all your colleagues are outside striking, yet you will still reap any benifits that this strike may have on pay or conditions.

thats the issue i would have with anyone who passes a picket line tbh.

stevoman wrote: »

well the member i am specifically talking about is meana nd its a matter of money more than anything else that he wont join.

on a note on yourself though if you not in the union that is your chioce, but do you not find it very unfair to your colleagues that you are not in the union so you will in fact pass the picket line, but you will go into work for the day and get the days pay for it whilst all your colleagues are outside striking, yet you will still reap any benifits that this strike may have on pay or conditions.

thats the issue i would have with anyone who passes a picket line tbh.

Well I wouldnt pass the picket. I would come in before the picket starts and stay until the picket is over and have lunch at my desk etc. I know technically I am passing the picket still though.

I dont agree with this strike. We are going to have to take our share of the pain. I hate this government with a passion and I wish Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen were strung up on the top of the spire and we could lob rotten fruit at them and I think NAMA is going to ruin this country for years to come but at the same time the country is going to go bankrupt if we dont cut back on spending.

As it stands I prop wont come into work on Tuesday. There is no point as I will not get any work done. The work will pile up on my desk and will be waiting for me on Wednesday. I cant take any leave so what I will have to do is take unpaid leave.

Would I?

Yes. In fact, I did so very recently and will gladly do it all day on the 24th.

Passed the picket this morning, recieved threats and was intimidated.every non union member has the right to pass the picket and go to work as usual without threats &intimidation, doesnt infringe on the union members right to protest.

Gave them all a piece of my mind & will be reporting those who made nasty comments. other non union members were prevented from coming into work by the strikers, which is disgraceful.

in my job its just another day for the bullies in work to bully everyone else and get away with it.
ill be passing the picket again next wk most likely!

Government should have gotten the batons our at them! Selfish fcks! ALl unions should be unionised into one Governemnt run Union and put against a wall!

carefulnow99 wrote: »

sorry know its a bit off topic but does anyone know if there is going to be another strike soon?

December 3rd is being mooted

jaysus theres alot of hostility on here towards people striking for a just cause. Anyone who calls for batons and violence whether serious or playing the hardman on the internet should remember that it was strikes throughout the 70's and 80's that brought about conditions for employees across nearly all sectors that should have been seen as a given, but still had to be fought for. In todays society there are far too many people who have forgotten that a strike is usually the last call of action that a union can put to its members once all other avenues have been exhausted... and unfortunately this seems to have happened today with the public sector. I was reared in an Ireland that was respectfull of offical strike action and as such would not cross a picket given the choice... never mind draw batons or 'moonwalk'. Some of you ought to be ashamed

positivenote wrote: »

jaysus theres alot of hostility on here towards people striking for a just cause. Anyone who calls for batons and violence whether serious or playing the hardman on the internet should remember that it was strikes throughout the 70's and 80's that brought about conditions for employees across nearly all sectors that should have been seen as a given, but still had to be fought for. In todays society there are far too many people who have forgotten that a strike is usually the last call of action that a union can put to its members once all other avenues have been exhausted... and unfortunately this seems to have happened today with the public sector. I was reared in an Ireland that was respectfull of offical strike action and as such would not cross a picket given the choice... never mind draw batons or 'moonwalk'. Some of you ought to be ashamed

Except this time they are striking about wages cuts that dont exist yet.
Just cause my ass.

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Once a scab always a scab and its hereditary. :eek:

I would rather be a scab any day than an open, puss filled infected wound. Scabs have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. Would you rather someone joined a picket line or refused to cross it if it was completely opposite to their viewpoint?, because it is the following of the path of least resistence that makes people and rivers crooked.