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Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

I'm all for peoples right to strike.Everybody needs to be able to show their discontent with the conditions at work.How else can people defend themselves when the bosses start taking liberties with the work force.

The answer is that they can't, and the bosses do take liberties. My workplace has gotten worse year on year the 5 years that I've worked for the company, they keep piling on more work and more responsibility (and steeper punishments for not living up to impossible standards) and there is absolutely nothing that can be done about it. I've worked with a few people who have been with the company for 20 to 30years and they all say the same; up until about 15 years ago the working conditions were brilliant, the job was varied, vibrant and enjoyable, and people higher up in the company were respectful and friendly. Now the workforce is treated like dirt by people on massive salaries who flit into the company for 18 months, **** about changing everything, then leave for another company and another new face appears to start again. It's ridiculous.

We are contractually banned from unionising and I know exactly why. The nature of the business means that if half of the workforce was to strike for 48 hours, the company would be crippled.