Polish to go on strike.

Running_Horse

Urged to strike...by who?

Most immigrants are not Poles. Most the East Europeans I know are more meticulous about paying bills and rent punctually than their English counterparts. Something Fergus Wilson has spoken about previously. They are hardly likely to want to lose 12 hours pay which will see them struggle financially. They do not live by the ethics of 1970s British trade unionism.

Generali

remorseless wrote: »

So why aren't the 'somebody' else doing those jobs?

I find the initiative odd and also interesting, immigrants seem to always cop it for everything going wrong.

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/polish-man-accused-of-deluging-village-2014102792122

A POLISH man is overwhelming a village in Cornwall, it has been claimed.

Piotr Bacik arrived in Chapel Cross a year ago and local Tories fear that his presence will result in their children being forced to eat kielbasa for lunch every day.


Councillor Nikki Hollis said: “He swarms over here and it’s only a matter of time before we’re all walking around dressed like Lech Walesa and drinking schnapps or whatever the relevant sickly drink is.


“This used to be a nice, quiet village but now it has a Polish man living in it. Enough is enough.”


Hollis has promised residents an urgent review of the situation and has asked that the Polish man report his whereabouts to the police every morning until further notice.


Local resident Julian Cook said: “One only has to look at neighbouring Balcombe, which now has a World Foods section in its Tesco Metro, to see where this can lead.


“This isn’t racism – I’ve met Piotr and he’s a decent enough fellow if you can understand his guttural Slavic accent – but we’ve leapt from 123 residents to 124 in the last 12 months. We’re full.”

PasturesNew

mayonnaise wrote: »

What a deep insight into the lives of immigrants you have. Gathered during many years of personal experience and anecdote, I imagine?

Or maybe not. :rotfl:

LOL. No. I go to the University of DM

vivatifosi

I misread the thread as polish to go on strike, and thought that's ridiculous, setting a bad example for the bleach and the washing up liquid.

mayonnaise

In other news, prosecutions for school truancy reached record levels last year.

http://www.bbc.com/news/education-33861985

When their little treasures reach working age, completely unfit for the modern workplace, they'll probably be blaming the immigrants.

kabayiri

What's worse than a strike in modern day UK?

A strike with a vague goal, that's what!

If, after the strike, all our newspapers publish editorial which says "we love you Polish workers", then is it job done?

We should leave this old fashioned form of strike action where it belongs...in the past.

remorseless

Generali wrote: »

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/polish-man-accused-of-deluging-village-2014102792122

dear oh dear... a bit like this one!

http://news.err.ee/v/politics/society/1d9aabe6-9904-438f-b6fb-9111bff92b83/burqa-ban-causes-debate

In Estonia Burqa ban causes debate

and they don't even have people wearing them around!

antrobus

Running_Horse wrote: »

Urged to strike...by who?...

The Polish Express newspaper.

Apparently some other Polish organisations are urging their members to alternatively sign up to become blood donors as a way of expressing solidarity with the British.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/more-than-a-thousand-polish-expatriates-to-donate-blood-in-solidarity-bid-with-britons-10448913.html

kabayiri

So we have a campaign by a Polish newspaper with the aim "Don't blame us". The method to achieve this? Strike.

An English newspaper picks this up, and the result? Loads of comments blaming the Polish workers!

Oh the irony.

I'm not sure they thought this through.

remorseless

kabayiri wrote: »

So we have a campaign by a Polish newspaper with the aim "Don't blame us". The method to achieve this? Strike.

An English newspaper picks this up, and the result? Loads of comments blaming the Polish workers!

Oh the irony.

I'm not sure they thought this through.

They haven't at all... there're like 2m EU workers in the UK, of which some 700k. So the rest are not going on strike?
Now that's going to look silly!