RMT Strikes

[the other bob wilson]

Surely striking is a thing of the past?

Whilst I am a fan of nationalisation in general, reasons like these arbitrary strikes are making it less and less possible.

If the right to strike was taken away from employees, do you think the Government of the day and employers would introduce something which would enable workers to fight against what are often justified grievances? I reckon you'd be in for a long wait.

I can recall a time when unions would recommend their members walk out at the drop of a hat and there were times in the late seventies and early eighties where we'd all walk out of Companies House for what were the flimsiest of reasons, but those days disappeared decades ago - the balance has now swung too much in favour of the employers and the workers' right to strike has to be maintained.