Real-life MMD: Holiday nightmare - should we forgo £6,000 or pay £1,000 more?

scarlet_macaw

Cross the bloody picket line and stop being such a pansy!!

digi-ghost

happyinflorida wrote: »

who's aware that this current rotten coalition have passed a law that means employers are not responsible any longer for your health and safety

Before you get yourself all agitated you might want to check whether what you're saying is correct. IN fact it isn't, and the amendment wasn't passed. Also, this wasn't about employers not being responsible for health and safety - they would still have been criminally liable - but was in fact about removing the right of the employee to compensation.

I also think that the idea was pants, but don't get people worried about things that didn't come to pass.

Talent

Don't be silly, just GO!

G_M

This is easy.

Go on the holiday.

When your coach (or whatever) reaches the picket line, force the driver (safely!) to stop, unfurl your banner, and join the picket line (hyjacking the coach in the process).

You get your holiday, you don't pay extra, AND you support your comrades.

chocky

hellienellie wrote: »

Which planet do you live on ?

Perhaps they were being facetious?

JimmyTheWig

nixta wrote: »

And if local transport were on strike but you needed to get to work, would you cross the line then?

I would certainly use an alternative if there was one.
Even if that meant paying 8% more (which is what the dilemma in the OP amounts to) for doing so.

blainestewart

|I don't fully understand what "crossing a picket line" means, as i thought it meant going into work instead of striking, but what a ridiculous topic!

Why would you possibly choose to lose money for such a silly reason? Clearly your money saving skills could do with tweaking.

coopersalty

SueC wrote: »

Is that what Unions are meant to be about?

Someone, somewhere, anyone, anywhere in the world is protesting about something, purpose unclear; but because you are also in a Union, albeit a completely different Union, in a completely different ecomony, in a completely different country, you must also protest on principle, even if it is at great personal cost?

Wow, I had no idea.

Yes, it's a thing called solidarity, a very old and outdated idea that you probably never heard of. It means looking after your brothers and sisters anywhere in the world who are in dispute over a cut in wages, or terms and conditions of pay. As Donne said " "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. Therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee". The workers have a long day of up to 16 hours and were locked out of work for not accepting new arrangements that meant they weren't paid overtime anymore after 8 hours (They asked for overtime after 11 hours and were willing to accept zero pay rise) I would try ad avoid crosssing a picket line because "An injury to one is an injury to all" but then I'm very old fashioned.:money:

adouglasmhor

hellienellie wrote: »

Which planet do you live on ?

The planet of P takers I think - but obviously it went right over your head :rotfl:

purple.sarah

I understand that you want to support the workers but perhaps you could do that in another way by taking the trip but writing to the company afterwards about how the issue affected your experience and urging them to work with the workers to resolve the issue. Or you could donate an amount less than £945 to the cause.

If this is not acceptable to you, then see if you can negotiate with the travel company to lower the amount of the fees. If the only two options available and acceptable to you are those in the OP then I would pay £945 if you can rather than lose out on £6000 and the trip of a lifetime. However it might be possible to find a compromise.