AIBU a strike without popular support is doomed to fail?

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Along with tube drivers and other workers (teachers) who have stricken (?) in recent years, without the general population behind you, you are doomed to fail and this most recent strike by RMT is a cynical bid to get money for your staff at the expense of anything else in nothing more than a last-ditch attempt to justify the existence of unions.

Good news for Uber, at least. Anyone have shares?

An organised overtime ban is a form of industrial action. Not that I'm suggesting for a moment that Southern are blameless. They shouldn't be reliant on overtime to run their timetables service. The whole thing is a clusterfuck on all sides.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/14/british-airways-cabin-crew-vote-strike-latest-uk-industrial/
and another one!

In reponse to Matt Smith www.unitetheunion.org/news/british-airways-cabin-crew-set-to-strike-over-poverty-pay-levels-and-broken-promises/

"fatigue"

This is a public safety concern.

Is British Airways' cabin crew rostering compliant with EASA FTL regulations?

“fatigue” means a physiological state of reduced mental or physical performance capability resulting from sleep loss or extended wakefulness, circadian phase, or workload (mental and/or physical activity) that can impair a crew member’s alertness and ability to safely operate an aircraft or perform safety related duties

The body responsible for ensuring compliance is the Civil Aviation Authority.

"crew earn just over the minimum wage and below the national average"

If British Airways paid the Living Wage, would this strike be happening?

Temporary, if there had been a guard on that train, it's possible they'd have seen the drunk lurching towards the carriages when they did their final check, and delayed the train starting off till he was well away from them.