On 13/02/2018 14:07, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
dennis@home wrote:
Takes two sides to cause a strike.

No it doesn't.
People can strike for any reason they like and it may have nothing to do
with their employer as was seen in previous strikes where some unions
called out members in other industries.

Right. So you'd walk out from work and not get paid on a whim then? Or
does that only apply to others?

You know as well as I do that workers were intimidated by union activists.
I have family members which were threatened if they voted not to strike
and when there is a hands in the air ballot there is no way its fair.

If you don't know this then you were never in industry and have no idea
how unions used to work and may well still work in some industries.


As regards one union supporting another, would you extend any such ban to
another company supporting one which was in some form of dispute? Black
lists and so on?

What black lists?


The law attempts to stop this but there is still the option of
"unofficial" strikes.

Sound to me like you want is totalitarianism. Where it suits you.


Just fair treatment of all workers and not just union members.
You appear to want the union to be the law.