who else would…

[alecstilleyedye]

take a job as a cycling postie while the proper ones are on strike?

as i'm not working at the mo i'd be tempted, even though i do sympathise with the strikers. just as long as i could ride one of those pashley posts…

 

[PaulB]

Anyone even dreaming of becoming a scab is totally beneath contempt. A scab is the lowest of the low and I believe a special place in hell is reserved for them.

 

[Mr Pig]

They seem to think they're still living in the seventies and have no real competition to worry about. In truth this strike might hit them very hard as more and more businesses find alternative ways of moving their mail.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

Anyone even dreaming of becoming a scab is totally beneath contempt. A scab is the lowest of the low and I believe a special place in hell is reserved for them.

this isn't p & l, just a light-hearted thread really…

 

[Yorkshireman]

Our postman no longer has a bike (says that they've all 'gone to Hull'). He and his collegues don't seem at all pleased about the new scheme. This seems to involve parking a small RM van fairly central in the area and then a couple of posties walk the round, then back to the van, load the bags up and walk another round (I say 'walking' though I wouldn't like to keep pace with him whilst carrying his bag).

 

[PaulB]

this isn't p & l, just a light-hearted thread really…

Should have been posted there then instead of asking who'd take the bread off another man's table on here. There's nothing light-hearted about that and you wouldn't make light of it if someone was going to fill your shoes while you were in disagreement with your employer and totally undermined your position.

 

[PaulB]

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. You're stuck in Billy Elliott Land aren't you?

Maybe some of the strike breakers just need the money? Incidentally, I wonder how many of the 80,000 odd who applied for these jobs are ex-miners?

I absolutely knew you'd be lined up to be a scab.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

isn't a scab someone who's union is on strike but still working? as someone who's never had to join a union, i don't really see the relevance…

 

[PaulB]

WTF is a 'scab'? Don't you think you being a bit melodramatic Paul?

Melodramatic? You know full well what a scab is so don't you think you're being a bit disingenuous?

 

[purplepolly]

Should have been posted there then instead of asking who'd take the bread off another man's table on here. There's nothing light-hearted about that and you wouldn't make light of it if someone was going to fill your shoes while you were in disagreement with your employer and totally undermined your position.

You're talking to someone who's currently unemployed. Having been there myself, I can safely say it's not a pleasant place and members are generally treated with contempt by people who've not been in that situation.

"Taking bread off another man's table" is a bit of an exaggeration - they've decided to strike and not be paid, and they won't be paid even if no-one takes on the temporary jobs.

 

[PaulB]

F'ing right I would. If my family needed feeding coming up to Christmas, I was jobless and there was a job on offer, too right I would take it. Sod 'em.

Vermin.

 

[PaulB]

"Taking bread off another man's table" is a bit of an exaggeration - they've decided to strike and not be paid, and they won't be paid even if no-one takes on the temporary jobs.

As an example of wrongness, that should be in some authoratative textbook on the subject.

 

[purplepolly]

As an example of wrongness, that should be in some authoratative textbook on the subject.

By which you mean that they were forced at gunpoint to strike and, even so, if no-one replaced them temporarily during the strike they would still be paid? I always understood that strikers didn't get paid while striking, my mistake.

 

[Corvette chic]

this is mandy's thatcher role.... no negotiation

 

[addictfreak]

Absolutely not! I am a trade union member and as such I support fellow trade unionists.
Some of you need to get real, the same thing could happen to you at anytime and when it does you need support. To strike break is wrong whether your unemployed or not.
Unions were too strong in the 80s and action IMHO was rightly taken to curb some of that power. Trouble is the pendulum has now swung to far the other way. In some instances we are back to the days of the 'lock out' where your job is taken away because you stand up for your conditions of service. I certainly dont want to see a return to flying pickets and riots but legitimate strike action should be supported by by all trade unions members.

Scab never.