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What's with all the strikes?
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i can't see how any the of the BA staff intent on striking sleep at night.................the cabin staff are a disgrace and should be ashamed of drilling our national carrier into the ground
"National carrier"
What does that mean?"The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
Albert Einstein0 -
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i can't see how any the of the BA staff intent on striking sleep at night, i worked for BA and it was great fun and great pay. they are paid better and have better t&c's than their peers - the cabin staff are a disgrace and should be ashamed of drilling our national carrier into the ground - sack the lot of them and let the pilots do the cabin service whilst they recruit into the vacancies with plenty of other staff who would gladly work there
Hey hang on a minute :eek:'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
BTW I trust none of you scousers are watching Newsnight tonight.'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0
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A fairly recently deceased US politician whose name escapes me right now said that the way to resolve a particular strike was to draft the strikers into the Army and order them back to work.
If they refuse, shoot them for insubordination.
My guess would be Strom Thurmond (he was still a senator at aged 100).
He was a supporter of racial segregationism (although modified his view a bit in later life).US housing: it's not a bubble
Moneyweek, December 20050 -
oh yeah,how silly of me
yup i can see that improving employees rights and standards of living no end
And this should be our aim... why?
Or more precisely, why should employers be forced to employ someone unwilling to abide by the terms of their contract?“The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Love Among the Chickens0 -
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who is 'our' in your our aim?
As a democratic nation, the law is determined by "us" - by the british people.following your rational then we can expect wage and conditions cuts for everyone surely?
That's hardly the case, though, is it? Prove it.“The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Love Among the Chickens0 -
And this should be our aim... why?
yup i can see that improving employees rights and standards of living no end
Seeing as we are a democracy as you rightly point out, don't you think that would be the aim of the majority?'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
well this is my thinking
i wouldnt have thuoght the majority would be driving towards lower wages and standards of living0
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