yes, but not to the detriment of the common good and that's what the unions want.Unions interest is in its members of which there are close 350,000 employed by our govt, these people all have families.
Everyone knows someone who works for the govt so with that in mind surely its in the national interest to keeps its members interests at heart.
Maybe, but that's a different issue.If our govt wanted to be patriotic they'd resign from govt and put it to the voters.
What you said was "If people striked on weekends every week they would be listened to".
Maybe I was a bit presumptuous, but when you mentioned striking, I thought of unions. Are you now suggesting that people should be striking WITHOUT involving their unions?
If this continues the Unions and their followers will eventually get what they are forcing . . The I.M.F. . . And then they wont have a voice at all . .
Seems funny that that the ICTU are going to examine whether the 66% rule needs to be adhered to. If it was the other way around I am sure they would accept it!
Rule no 1. If in doubt play the IMF card! such a cliche at this point...
The unions are fairly democratic organisations. No strike decisions are taken without balloting members. Members run the branches, and can pass motions giving direction to management.Nobody will convince me that the Unions are acting soley in the interests of their members. They are simply looking to jump on the bandwagon of popular opinion to justify their current existance.
So a minority of workers in the economy of whom only 50 odd % bothered to vote, and of those only 60 odd % (i.e. a minority of their total) support a strike, believe they have a mandate for a national strike?
The unions are fairly democratic organisations. No strike decisions are taken without balloting members. Members run the branches, and can pass motions giving direction to management.
Union members aren't stupid. They are generally smart people, who don't suffer fools and don't allow themselves to be led down blind alleys.
I know of several IMPACT members who didn't get ballod papers and I have heard of several who got 5!
The unions are fairly democratic organisations. No strike decisions are taken without balloting members. Members run the branches, and can pass motions giving direction to management.
Union members aren't stupid. They are generally smart people, who don't suffer fools and don't allow themselves to be led down blind alleys.
Absolutely. No strike without a ballot. Now, whether they pay any attention to the result, well, we'll just have to see won't we?
I haven't been an IMPACT member for years, but I got a ballot paper.