Comments on: BA Crews and 12 days of Christmas (strikes)

By: Liberal Conspiracy » The BA court order unfairly targets workers

Liberal Conspiracy » The BA court order unfairly targets workers — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:54:22 +0000

[...] by David Semple December 17, 2009 at 6:54 pm The High Court ruled today to stop the 12 day strike of BA workers from going ahead. The grounds for this decision were the irregularity of including in the ballot [...]

By: Unite vs BA and the Unions vs the State « Though Cowards Flinch

Unite vs BA and the Unions vs the State « Though Cowards Flinch — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:36:30 +0000

[...] BA Crews and 12 days of Christmas (strikes) [...]

By: Dave Semple

Dave Semple — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:13:31 +0000

Actually if you look at the Facebook group, it’s picked up over a thousand members in under 24 hours. Whilst such a geographically disparate group is pretty much ineffective for demonstrative purposes (til it gets a lot bigger), it’ll be useful for getting the message out.

What disappoints me is quite the opposite – not that there is no solidarity, but that the solidarity is not cultivated and put to some use by the people in charge of the strike.

By: Chris Baldwin

Chris Baldwin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:09:34 +0000

It saddens me how few people see the need for solidarity.

By: Paul Sagar

Paul Sagar — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:36:44 +0000

“Why, in these fucking liberal papers, is it never the bosses doing the kamikaze stuff?”

Indeed. Reminds me of the RMT London Underground strikes. Rather than emphasising that RMT were striking in solidarity for employees who were going to be sacked to recoup costs due to the failure of Metronet, which was completely a management failure and nothing to do with ordinary workers.

Of course, that got no coverage. All we heard were reports of the “unreasonable” and “selfish” union holding London hostage, and repeat emphasis of the fact underground train-drivers get considerably high salaries (£40K).

Such is Thatcher’s legacy though, I guess…