Comments on: Who are the real strikers? http://www.redpepper.org.uk/who-are-the-real-strikers/ Red Pepper Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:39:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: david http://www.redpepper.org.uk/who-are-the-real-strikers/#comment-13939 david Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:28:50 +0000 http://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=4240#comment-13939 “The vast majority of workers in the UK will only take strike action in the most extreme of circumstances, even when their wages, pensions and working conditions are under attack.”

But in the case the “vast majority” didn’t – for example, only around 20% of PCS membership bothered to put a tick next to “yes”. Why did 80% not tick that box? That bothers me…

I support the right to strike and if Unison vote to strike I’ll do it with them, but only if it’s what a majority of the membership want.

(Point to by-elections and council elections and general elections with low turnouts and no mandates, yes. But I don’t think they’re valid either… that’s why I want voting reform.)

]]> By: Owen http://www.redpepper.org.uk/who-are-the-real-strikers/#comment-13930 Owen Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:24:12 +0000 http://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=4240#comment-13930 Also occurred a bit after the last election – row after row of bankers lined up to say that a coalition must be formed quickly in order that the markets wouldn’t crash – ‘faith’ in the markets would be kept.

Not sure how many of the examples given are intentional though, or quite what intentional would mean to capital withdrawal?

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