[arista]

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Government may use Army at Airports?

10 days strike this month.

[Strikes will take place on 23rd to 26th
and 28th to 31st December impacting
Birmingham Airport, Cardiff Airport,
Gatwick, Glasgow, Heathrow,
Manchester and the Port of Newhaven.]

[They are due to strike throughout
Christmas in a row over pay,
jobs and conditions, the Public and Commercial
Services union said.]

[Vanessa]

Is everyone going on strike? Even one of the factories in my company are doing it

[arista]

Yes, many are saying they are
in need of 15% rise

[bitontheslide]

everyone needs a pay rise it doesnt mean that every employer can afford it. People have to weigh up whether its better to have a lower salary than none at all, which is a distinct possibility in many cases

[Vanessa]

We have unions for that, but we don't usually strike at our workplace. We usually come to an agreement eventually.

[arista]

Mark Serwotka in Charge of PCS Union
is saying more have joined his Union
in time for this 10 day strike

[arista]

[Kate!]

Bloody hell. Are the post office still on strike as well?

[arista]

[arista]

[arista]

[People should "think carefully" about going on
holiday over the Christmas period
after Border Force workers became
the latest to announce they would go on strike,
the home secretary has said.

Suella Braverman has urged people
to rethink flying around the festive period
as she warned of "undeniable,
serious disruption for the many thousands
who have holiday plans".

"I really want to urge people who have got
plans to travel abroad to think carefully
about their plans because they
may well be impacted," she said.

"Ultimately, I'm not willing to compromise
on security at the border - that's the
number one priority.]

https://news.sky.com/story/people-sh...stmas-12763822

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by arista

That’s a shame for our heroic , hard working army people



All those striking are getting extra Christmas period days off but sadly everyone else suffers

[arista]

[MTVN]

What a very well functioning country we have

[bitontheslide]

Negotiation resolves strikes, not more and more restrictive laws. If we keep going down the new laws path, we will be like Russia before we know it

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

Negotiation resolves strikes, not more and more restrictive laws. If we keep going down the new laws path, we will be like Russia before we know it

I think they've misjudged the public mood on this one as well. At times there's been a lot of resentment towards strikers when it's seemed they're trying to have their cake and eat it but things are so bad across society right now that there seems to be quite a lot of support for strikers. Why should people side with a government who can't deliver public services and have been a complete shambles for the last few months

[bitontheslide]

if they bring in minimum service levels, it's the equivalent of forced labour and that is a very slippery slope to be going on

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by MTVN

What a very well functioning country we have

deliberately missing the free power tool