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PAULB/HOWARD
You are expecting baz to look at this in a fair and justified way, of course he wont he comes from the ultra right wing of the conservative party, and is proud to be such.
I have no problem with that, but i certainly realised 25 years ago baz's blinkered out;look on life.
PAULB;
If unions in your opinion have to dress to act in the new p/r arena, then there not for me.
Bob CROW{NO E)
IS a passionate geezer, i'v been on negotiating tables with him, he is a very talented guy, and obviously the workforce supports him or they would have got rid of him.
He still does believe in stickin up for the membership and getting the best deal possible, that's not to say i support all of his actions.
He's not an image person, if you ever get to speak to him in person(as i did for many years on the national negotiating committee)he will tell you hes a proud millwall fan, i watched the gills play there once and he was there in the stand
Anyway it's all very well saying no strikes ever, but before you can get to that stage you must have a level playing field.
IT''s very difficult even for trade unionists to try to sell to the membership pay cuts, worsening of working conditions, when ythe workforce is fully aware that many of the senior managers are getting bonus's, and wages of over £100,000
its not envy, its about fairness.
Then we move to okay once we do get the level playing field(unlikely under this govt)then if no strikes are considered, then what happens when negotiations come to a stalemate?
Just a few of my thoughts,,,,,,
