to not want df to go on strike

[mumof2children]

money atm is very tight in the house..... we are struggling to stay afloat due to me being on smp for the last 3 months ( getting a full wage in may)

if he goes on strike will will loose £300 for the week, and atm that would mean unable to do the food shop and provide nappies formula for the baby.

aibu

with runnybottam on this one.

In the thirties people took pay cuts rather than lose their jobs. We are in a situation like that and as the post-war baby boomers stop spending so much and start claiming their pensions, it will get worse.

marillionmum your comments are offensive and quite frankly thick.

Of course agree that marillion's post is clearly stooopid. Wonder what her "hubby" would think

But this is not about pay. No one is asking for a pay rise.

What thesecondcoming said - all of it.

I worked for shitty private companies doing menial customer service roles for 10 years before getting my current public sector job.

I'm extremely glad to be in a unionised workplace, as my current job is (if anything) MORE pressurised and more stressful than anything I've done previously (I work for the Jobcentre).

OP, I know that in my workplace it is a disciplinary offence to strike if you are not a member of the union - I would get your DF to check his contract etc.

OP YANBU.

I really hate strikers. If you are not happy with your wages, job, management then leave the job. Join another company. Nobody has held a gun to your head and put you in slavery. But to go on a strike ( like BA and the rail union) is pretty extreme in this era of globalisation, depression and economic changes. One thing you would not get is a lot of sympathy from the general public whose holidays are ruined.

Cyberman

You are welcome to come and do my job for a day if you like, and see how many "bone-idle, job-for-life, the-world-owes-me-a-living toerags" are working 50 hour weeks for much less than the national average wage, to make sure the poorest people in society get their benefits processed and paid at a time when demand has never been so high.

What a bizarre and vitriolic thing to say.

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yanbu. a 54% vote out of a low turn-out hardly counts as a majority. And if NR manage to prove the ballat was illegal it will just go some way further towards proving that the unions use dodgy tactics to push through their agendas on a more regular basis.

The unions are just as guilty of bully boy tactics "go on strike whether you agree with us or not or we'll not support you, we'll make your life difficult and you'll feel the need to quit your job." Where does that attitude stand in terms of harrassment laws I wonder?

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Striking it such a childish thing to do - can hardly believe anyone still does it!

"we're not going to work if we don't get our own way"

Dodgy tactics WannaBe?

Any evidence of that?

It's not holding the employer to ransom...unions do not call a strike for the fun of it...(there hasn't been a national rail strike for years), and it isn't always about money, it's often about safe working conditions etc. If you haven't got a union behind you, who will look out for you,..? the boss will milk you for every penny he can.....I don't know anyone who would be happy in that situation.

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Of course your DH shouldn't go on strike - if he is happy in his job just tell him to get on with it.
If he doesn't like it - then move on and make way for someone else.

MarillionMum, I get the feeling it's your husband that earns the money and you've never done a days work in your life.

Just an observation.

MM...are you Margaret Thatcher..?

daftpunk thought you were, um, veering more right these days, or did you take a sharp left turn?

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well, I'd say that intimidating people into striking whether they agree with the reasons or not (54% is not a vast majority, esp considering not everyone voted), is pretty dodgy in itself.

this is what it's about

long-term job guarantees? get real. There's no such thing as a job for life, we're in the worst economic crisis this country has seen for years, people should think themselves lucky they have jobs at all.

I'm totally in favour of strike action when it comes to safety concerns, but striking for pay is totally outdated. People are replaceable, and companies do not have an unlimited pot of money.

I have absolutely no sympathy with the BA cabin crew, who have some of the best working conditions in the industry. They should just all be sacked. waitresses are ten a penny.

Ha ha...actually, I'm a cross between MT and Arthur Skargill...A political mash up...I have a constant headache.