30/11 Strikes.

[Freefaller]

If you're over 30 you've left it too late.

Ah well... I'll just have to buy lots of property then or work till I'm 90... or transfer to the public sector!!

 

[PermaBanned]

He didn't say people were beeping their horns, though, did he?

It's hard to imagine what else a passing motorist could be doing without being idiotic and obtuse...

 

[Deleted member 66701]

In the 1970's following a 3 month stint in a bank, I went working in a series of engineering shops as a semi skilled lathe operator. This was a unionised workplace and it was compulsory to join. In two years we had had more disputes over the most stupid rules ever and the worst was 'one out all out' so that any ****head could start a walkout.

I appreciate things are now much improved following Margaret Thatcher but I have always disliked the idea since of joining a union. Luckily now I work in a position where individual negotiation and recognition is the norm.

I'm sorry, but comparing Unions from the 1970's to todays highly democratic entities (you are aware closed shops are now illegal aren't you) is like saying you'll never buy a Ford because the Escort I had in 1976 was rubbish!

 

[Kenai]

It's hard to imagine what else a passing motorist could be doing without being idiotic and obtuse...

Shouting obscene words?

 

[topshot]

Ok I'll take the bait. What hours do you work? If teaching is so good why didn't you become one?

My hours vary depending on project. Usually 8-5, usually have some sort of prep to do at home for next day. Because i dont want to teach

Teachers dont exactly get it bad do they?

 

[Hatter The Mad]

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[Domo]

Some sources suggest they do:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15910621

Good old polls.
Take a look at the reader comments here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15953806

For the record, I haven't met anyone today in support of the strike.

 

[Ahleckz]

It's hard to imagine what else a passing motorist could be doing without being idiotic and obtuse...

You are assuming that the general public aren't idiotic and obtuse though...

 

[topshot]

Erm... you do realize that beeping your horn when you drive past a picket is a sign of solidarity, don't you?

They wasnt beeping horns ? the queue of traffic had people, mainly in vans yelling at them to get back to work etc

In fact didnt hear many people beeping them at all.

 

[Delvis]

This reminds me that I really need to look into getting a pension!

Just get a standard pension, anything, just to get the ball rolling.

Either get one with a fixed 'interest', or get one that follows the market trends (so it can be good or bad)

 

[Deleted member 66701]

That made me chuckle.

Put me on immigration control and I could speed the process up too - by not bothering to check anything. After all, what are they going to do - sack me from a job that isn't my job anyway?

ROFL

If I had to choose a day to slip into the country illegally it would be this day.

DM's headline next week "thousands of immigrants flood into the country thanks to greedy strikers!".

 

[Hagar]

todays highly democratic entities

Is that irony?

 

[Hatter The Mad]

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[Deleted member 66701]

Is that irony?

No. Do you have any evidence to suggest otherwise? Talking internally, not externally.

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Nobody is a stereotype as people do not conform to standards.

Indeed remember you are unique just like everyone else...

 

[RDM]

No. Do you have any evidence to suggest otherwise?

Voter turnouts and suggested voting directions would both be indications that they are less democratic than they should be.

 

[cm1179]

went working in a series of engineering shops as a semi skilled lathe operator. This was a unionised workplace and it was compulsory to join. In two years we had had more disputes over the most stupid rules ever and the worst was 'one out all out' so that any ****head could start a walkout.

about this time last year, i had some garden work done by a bloke in his late 40's/early 50's who used to work in a forge in the same period as you are referring to. i don't know whether he was exagerrating or not but he told me that something as simple as there being no tea bags would cause a shut down ie someone who should shout 'machines off' and people would literally switch the machines off or drop tools and sit there until it was sorted. he said it was ridiculous but people did it because of the power the unions had.

 

[Biohazard]

That and politics seems to be all about what you don't stand for, rather than what you do stand for. It's a whole lot easier to moan about what the other guy is doing than to actually come up with a credible alternative.

In England.

 

[Von Smallhausen]

Put me on immigration control and I could speed the process up too - by not bothering to check anything. After all, what are they going to do - sack me from a job that isn't my job anyway?

ROFL

If I had to choose a day to slip into the country illegally it would be this day.

DM's headline next week "thousands of immigrants flood into the country thanks to greedy strikers!".

It would be interesting to see why it is more efficient today but I doubt, given the previous furore over more lapsed checks, that it is due to not checking people coming in.

 

[dirtydog]

about this time last year, i had some garden work done by a bloke in his late 40's/early 50's who used to work in a forge in the same period as you are referring to. i don't know whether he was exagerrating or not but he told me that something as simple as there being no tea bags would cause a shut down ie someone who should shout 'machines off' and people would literally switch the machines off or drop tools and sit there until it was sorted. he said it was ridiculous but people did it because of the power the unions had.

The good old days of the 70s when Britain was the sick man of Europe and we had to go cap in hand to the IMF as Labour had bankrupted us as they always do.