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Cameron can put his moment of madness behind him by breaking UNITE's petrol strike

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longfingernails · 26/03/2012 18:32

The UNITE union (biggest donors to the Labour party) are threatening to hold the country to ransom ostensibly because of 'elf and safety, but really because they feel £45k isn't a good enough salary for a tanker driver.

Let's get the army driving those tankers, and break UNITE/McCluskey's bully boy tactics - the public will be foursquare behind you, Mr Cameron, and it will leave Red Ed dithering unable to answer the simple question: whose side are you on?

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crazynanna · 26/03/2012 19:55

I am a lower earner...and I back the strike and the drivers' all the way.

OracleInaCoracle · 26/03/2012 19:54

Hahaha care to make more generalisations? Dh works ft on a low income, I work pt min wage (that was labour) we live in a HA house, shop at asda and drink beer or tea. Off that high horse, its obviously clouding your judgment.

You are dull.

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longfingernails · 26/03/2012 19:51

OracleInaCoracle Yes, but fortunately Cameron doesn't have to pander to you or to the Ocado-shopping champagne socialist demographic which exemplifies Mumsnet more generally. He needs to win over lower to middle earning floating voters - conveniently, those who will be hit hardest by the UNITE strike, and even more conveniently, the same voters who Red Ed desperately wants. I don't think this group will have a huge amount of sympathy for the tanker drivers.

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Cruithne · 26/03/2012 19:45

do you have any idea what they do for a job?

i'm backing the unions 100%

OracleInaCoracle · 26/03/2012 19:45

Noamount of strike-breaking will put me on scameron's side, I'm afraid.

OracleInaCoracle · 26/03/2012 19:45

Noamount of strike-breaking will put me on scameron's side, I'm afraid.

EdithWeston · 26/03/2012 19:40

How many tankers do the military own?

Or are they going to have to requisition civvie ones?

claig · 26/03/2012 19:36

If environmental sustainability officers went on strike, no one would notice. Tanker drivers do a more important job for the nation.

claig · 26/03/2012 19:33

I think it can be a dangerous job. You can't keep the army driving the tankers forever. At some point a deal must be reached. I don't care if tehy earn £45K. They often work through the night and it can be dangerous.

If environmental sustainability officers in councils can earn £35K, then I think tanker drivers deserve what they earn.

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longfingernails · 26/03/2012 19:26

claig It is UNITE that has provoked, organised and funded the strike. It is McCluskey who appears as the media spokesman. It is Red Ed who refuses to condemn.

I am not particularly concerned about the feelings of the truck driver on £45k aggrieved with their lot in life. Bring in the army, keep the forecourts flowing, and break the union and the Labour party.

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claig · 26/03/2012 19:22

It is not the union and McCluskey, it is the workers who have voted for this. I would like to know why they have decided on this course. I don't think they will have done so lightly.

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