Has anyone ever been on STRIKE?

[Napper]

You're not a SCAB just because you exercise your right to work when others exercise their right to strike.

In answer to the question - no never been on strike but have crossed a handful of picket lines.

You are

SCAB

 

[bhaexpress]

There are strikes and there are strikes, a transport strike for example affects a lot of people. A strike by university employees is another matter.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

You are

SCAB

In therein lies the problem with unions - just because someone doesn't agree with them they call you a scab. It's one of a number of reasons I will never join a union and will continue to cross picket lines when I feel like it.

 

[El Presidente]

In therein lies the problem with unions - just because someone doesn't agree with them they call you a scab. It's one of a number of reasons I will never join a union and will continue to cross picket lines when I feel like it.

My union is dominated by the far left (trying to boycott Isreal Universities for example), and I have little time for their idiocy or hypocrisy (our leader pays herself £106,000 a year, and yet sends out messages to the membership 'in solidarity' for example. Shame that solidarity does not extend to paying herself the same salary as that of her members) of the union.

On the other hand, it was a democratic vote, and therefore I do feel a degree of duty to acknowedge the decision of the majority. The reason for being a member is that we are living in a litigious society, and there are a lot of malicious allegations made by students against staff members, and for this you need some backup.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

You'll have to be careful, though, El Pres. I'm sure that universities aren't exempt from the standard strike-breaking techniques that employers use these days. What will you do when they start busing in loads of admin and maintenance staff to do your teaching?

I think most of it is done by post-graduate students.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Unions have to ballot for strike action. Many that don't want to strike don't bother to vote. If you are in the union and the vote is too strike then you should support the union, just as you have joined a union because you may need their support.

I remember when strikes were rife and it was not good. I don't think strikes achieve much now (best results in manufacture) and I work for a dis-organisation where a work to rule would cause much more disruption at less loss to the workers.

Can't stand those union members who moan that the union is 'useless' and yet don't use their vote or support union action. Afterall, all union officials have to be elected.

 

[Icy Gull]

Never belonged to a Union so no.

 

[El Presidente]

Can't stand those union members who moan that the union is 'useless' and yet don't use their vote or support union action. Afterall, all union officials have to be elected.

Fair comment, I did use my vote and have supported the union action, I also agree with you that it won't achieve anything, apart from cost me a days' wages.

 

[withdeanwombat]

Yes,lots of people have been on strike.Not a decision to be taken lightly.

I have been on strike many times,most oddly on Garden Island when the ferry deposited me at work only for all the unions on site to shuttle us through the site and out of the main gate.It was worth it to support Gough Whitlam against his unconstitutional sacking.Weather was good and several early openers available.

 

[Castello]

You're not a SCAB just because you exercise your right to work when others exercise their right to strike.

In answer to the question - no never been on strike but have crossed a handful of picket lines.

You may not like being called one ...but im afraid thats what those on strike call thiose that strike break ....Scab.

 

[Castello]

Fair comment, I did use my vote and have supported the union action, I also agree with you that it won't achieve anything, apart from cost me a days' wages.

I have been on strike a fair few times. Mostly one day strikes, although I led an all out strike for 2 weeks in 1999. I think that if you join a union you should follow the majority decision, so my respect to you for doing so,

To those who believe that crossing picket lines and strike breaking is good, Id like to know whether you accept the pay rises etc gained off the sacrifice of others from successful action, or whether you take the principled position and hand it back.

 

[Cian]

Nearest I've got is the CWU balloting for action two days before I left the job that had me in the CWU. Never worked in another job that has gone on strike, however my current one has a sort of unofficial work-to-rule on for a while - people are putting in for time in lieu that they'd not have bothered for, down to 15mins lost off a lunch break; trying to force a point that we're short staffed.

 

[User removed 4]

You're not a SCAB just because you exercise your right to work when others exercise their right to strike.

In answer to the question - no never been on strike but have crossed a handful of picket lines.

Did you cross the picket lines of workmates ?

 

[User removed 4]

You may not like being called one ...but im afraid thats what those on strike call thiose that strike break ....Scab.

A rare moment of agreement between us, he's a scab alright!

 

[Dandyman]

in therein lies the problem with unions - just because someone doesn't agree with them they call you a scab. It's one of a number of reasons i will never join a union and will continue to cross picket lines when i feel like it.

scab.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

I watched Made in Dagenham last night.

Not a bad little film.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Never understood the scab label for non union types.

A scab is basically someone who wants more than their share but for nothing.

Which in my experiences has generally been union guys, which makes them the scabs.