Boris Johnson is expected to tell ministers at the Conservative Party conference, to pass anti-strike laws.
It surely comes to something when you get dressed for work, unlock the front door, and are met by a grimaced smiling guy with rolled up sleeves shaking his head and flicking a cigarette with his teeth. "No. Not today. It's a day off".
It is clear that we are facing difficult times: we are in recession; there isn't anybody in the mainstream of society who hasn't been affected in one form or another. Yet the Trade Unions still wave the influence over many working people, who mindful of the pressure to conform and reluctant of the ostracism, tow the line. Throughout the recession, employees have worked above and beyond their normal expectations in order to contribute to the scaling of the problem. Striking completely undermines those efforts.
If there is anything we should have learnt from the BA experience, is that strike action + a fragile economy = doesn't work.
The issue becomes clearer, when we hear the inimical rehetoric message of the unions: no, they vehemently abhore - and arguably quite rightly - the slightest corporate inadequacy when it a matter of working conditions, yet hypocritically conduct themselves with behaviour that is unhelpful to the strengthening of our economy, and does not in any realistic shape or form, share any resonance with the attitude or opinion of the wider public.
A meagre 33 per cent of the workforce brought the London underground to a halt, causing chaos for millions of commuters. It makes the overall strike action seem quite disingenuous. We look forward to seeing some of this anti-strike legislation put into place.
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