MIG wrote:
On Aug 31, 3:23 pm, James Farrar wrote:
On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:06:54 +0100, "Paul Scott"

wrote:

So basically they are threatening a strike becasuse they dont
believe Ken Livingstone?

Basically, they're threatening a strike because they haven't had one
for a while...


Who wouldn't try protect their interests following the collapse of a
failed system?

There's nothing wrong with protecting your interests, we all do it in
one form or another

The difference is that the mates of the Government who were expecting
vast amounts of money to be channeled to them indefinitely through PPP
are protecting their interests in less public ways than by going on
strike (not like they do any work anyway) but you can bet that they
are protecting their interests, probably to the detriment of the
workers' interests if they could get away with it.

I actually agree with that. As it tends to be a common occurance.

If the threat of strike action will protect the interests of people
actually doing the work and who were definitely not the architects of
the system, then that's a Good Thing, particularly if sense is seen
soon enough for the strike to be averted.

I hope any strike is averted though, as ****ing off the public doesn't win
sympathy for any cause, legitimate or not!