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Strikes- do they work?

Strikes- do they work?

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My childerns school are on strike in a few weeks becasue their pay didn't go up as much as the inflation. Did anyones? They don't get paid well it's true but striking? I can't see how that is going to work. It'll just anoy everyone and can they carry on striking if it dosen't work? Good on the London underground for calling off their strike yesterday.

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Originally posted by yo its me
My childerns school are on strike in a few weeks becasue their pay didn't go up as much as the inflation. Did anyones? They don't get paid well it's true but striking? I can't see how that is going to work. It'll just anoy everyone and can they carry on striking if it dosen't work? Good on the London underground for calling off their strike yesterday.
I guess your English teachers were on strike a lot?

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Originally posted by Redmike
I guess your English teachers were on strike a lot?
Haha!! Yeah my spelling and gramma are really bad and that is the reason. I am not lazy. 😉

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Originally posted by yo its me
Haha!! Yeah my spelling and gramma are really bad and that is the reason. I am not lazy. 😉
I hope your gramma gets better soon.

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Originally posted by Redmike
I hope your gramma gets better soon.
Haha!! Oh dear I did spell that wrong hey..


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So what do you think about striking dose it work?

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Originally posted by yo its me
Haha!! Oh dear I did spell that wrong hey..


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So what do you think about striking dose it work?
Absolutely.

When working people stand up for what they want, they benefit.

Either by winning their demands, or by increasing their industrial muscle.

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Striking is most certainly a valuable tool, but I believe it is abused all too often.

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Originally posted by Redmike
Absolutely.

When working people stand up for what they want, they benefit.

Either by winning their demands, or by increasing their industrial muscle.
19 days later for farmers in Argentina and it's not working;

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/31/argentina.strike/index.html

I guess it's a last resort, a desperate plee for recognition. Once you've made that decision though you're in it for the long hall.

Edit; actually it looks like it did work for them.

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This question relates well with the latest episode of south park...

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Originally posted by yo its me
My childerns school are on strike in a few weeks becasue their pay didn't go up as much as the inflation. Did anyones? They don't get paid well it's true but striking? I can't see how that is going to work. It'll just anoy everyone and can they carry on striking if it dosen't work? Good on the London underground for calling off their strike yesterday.
Well, that's up to you. Do you prefer to keep their wages where they are and have unsupervised teens out on the streets while their parents are working? Or do you want the teenagers being educated and supervised?

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Originally posted by Redmike
Absolutely.

When working people stand up for what they want, they benefit.

Either by winning their demands, or by increasing their industrial muscle.
When do the working people who are not members of unions get what they want? Perhaps the private sector ought to go on strike...against overpaid and lazy union members? All unions do is protect the incompetent and make the price of goods go up. Even worse, every so often, we have to deal with the inconvenience of public transportation, garbage collection and school teacher strikes. Maybe these union employees should be subjected to the same degree of inconvenience every time they want to go on strike?

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
When do the working people who are not members of unions get what they want? Perhaps the private sector ought to go on strike...against overpaid and lazy union members? All unions do is protect the incompetent and make the price of goods go up. Even worse, every so often, we have to deal with the inconvenience of public transportation, garbage co ...[text shortened]... es should be subjected to the same degree of inconvenience every time they want to go on strike?
You should go on strike from these forums. Please.

How can union members (or anybody else) be "overpaid" in a free market economy?

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Originally posted by no1marauder
You should go on strike from these forums. Please.

How can union members (or anybody else) be "overpaid" in a free market economy?
It's quite easy: When Democrats award government contracts, they are required to use union workers. The union thugs then give a kickback in the form of campaign contributions to the politicians who award the contracts so they can continue getting these fat contracts with exorbitant benefits that the public overpays for. It's pretty good work if you can get it, however, if not for the element of government, we'd call this "corruption."

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
When do the working people who are not members of unions get what they want? Perhaps the private sector ought to go on strike...against overpaid and lazy union members? All unions do is protect the incompetent and make the price of goods go up. Even worse, every so often, we have to deal with the inconvenience of public transportation, garbage co ...[text shortened]... es should be subjected to the same degree of inconvenience every time they want to go on strike?
then join a union, or better yet organize your work place, and maybe they'll protect your incompitence

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
It's quite easy: When Democrats award government contracts, they are required to use union workers. The union thugs then give a kickback in the form of campaign contributions to the politicians who award the contracts so they can continue getting these fat contracts with exorbitant benefits that the public overpays for. It's pretty good work if you can get it, however, if not for the element of government, we'd call this "corruption."
when republicans award contracts they are required to use union labor as well (or don't you know the laws?) the rethuglicans have had ample opportunity to change those laws, yet they didn't. wonder why?


btw: contracts are not required to go to union workers, just that the workers are required to recieve the prevailing wage. many private sector, non-union companies bid these jobs, and figure the wage differences into their costs.

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