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Originally posted by rwingettHate? You seem to have a problem.
Why do you hate ordinary workers so much?
Originally posted by rwingettThat is your problem not mine. I 'hate' nobody in this dispute which is concerned with an endeavour to save a loss-making enterprise from bankruptcy and collapse.
You want to deny them their right collective bargaining and their right to strike. You endorse firing them en masse for not towing the company line. Sounds like you hate workers to me.
Originally posted by Leon AlvaradoI must admit that I don't know much about the effects of this strike, but this is from wikipedia. "The FAA had initially claimed that staffing levels would be restored within two years; however, it would take closer to ten years before the overall staffing levels returned to normal", so 'replaced overnight' seems like a very simple way of putting it.
Ronald Reagan called the bluff of the aircraft traffic controllers in the USA who went 'on strke' in the 80s, and replaced them overnight, despite the fact that they were far more skilled,and therefore more difficult to replace, than the waiters and waitresses now trying to hold BA to ransome.
Originally posted by BartsThe fact remains that Reagan's action kept the airfields running and taught a salutary lesson to others contemplating strike action.
I must admit that I don't know much about the effects of this strike, but this is from wikipedia. "The FAA had initially claimed that staffing levels would be restored within two years; however, it would take closer to ten years before the overall staffing levels returned to normal", so 'replaced overnight' seems like a very simple way of putting it.
Originally posted by Leon AlvaradoWhy do we put up with employers who refuse to pay their employees the amount necessary to keep them from striking AKA what the supply/demand curve requires, threatening vital public services?
Why do we put up with 'strikers' who threaten vital public services. All that is needed is to call their bluff and sack them.
Originally posted by Leon AlvaradoReagan was a statist?
Ronald Reagan called the bluff of the aircraft traffic controllers in the USA who went 'on strke' in the 80s, and replaced them overnight, despite the fact that they were far more skilled,and therefore more difficult to replace, than the waiters and waitresses now trying to hold BA to ransome.
Originally posted by Leon AlvaradoAre you aware that people went to prison for not working? It was more than firing them.
The fact remains that Reagan's action kept the airfields running and taught a salutary lesson to others contemplating strike action.
Originally posted by AThousandYoungBA has not proposed cutting the already generous pay scales enjoyed by cabin staff but merely wants them to change their work practices so as to save money and thereby avoid further crippling losses which threaten to close the airline down.
Why do we put up with employers who refuse to pay their employees the amount necessary to keep them from striking AKA what the supply/demand curve requires, threatening vital public services?
All that is needed is to call their bluff and sack them.
Originally posted by Leon AlvaradoTo claim that B.A.'s financial problems are caused by the pay scales of the cabin staff is interesting. B.A. has been poorly managed for a generation. This breakdown in industrial relations probably will serve to distract attention from that, the real problem. Your insinuation that cabin staff want, or are ambivalent about, their airline closing down very trite and tabloid, if you know what I mean.
BA has not proposed cutting the already generous pay scales enjoyed by cabin staff but merely wants them to change their work practices so as to save money and thereby avoid further crippling losses which threaten to close the airline down.
Originally posted by FMFAt the other end of the scale is France where the right to strike is enshrined in the Constitution. The net effect of that is that striking is so part of the culture that strikes go on all the time no matter what the conditions -- there are no conditions so good that one cannot ask for more.
To claim that B.A.'s financial problems are caused by the pay scales of the cabin staff is interesting. B.A. has been poorly managed for a generation. This breakdown in industrial relations probably will serve to distract attention from that, the real problem. Your insinuation that cabin staff want, or are ambivalent about, their airline closing down very trite and tabloid, if you know what I mean.