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strike breakers - Post strike?
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Rudolph_Hucker
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strike breakers - Post strike?
How were strike breakers treated last time after the strike?
Where they shunned by strikers, abused etc?
Was it all forgotten in the fulness of time?
Where they shunned by strikers, abused etc?
Was it all forgotten in the fulness of time?
If you do a job too well, you’ll get stuck with it.
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ronpetetrevchris
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Re: strike breakers - Post strike?
They were treated decently enough at our D.O, they knew they had done bad so we just gave them a wide mark for a bit.
No, you don't forget who crossed the line, its just something you remember. In fact if they get a bit mouthy now and again I like to remind them, some laugh it off through gritted teeth, some just tell us to go f, fair enough I suppose!
No, you don't forget who crossed the line, its just something you remember. In fact if they get a bit mouthy now and again I like to remind them, some laugh it off through gritted teeth, some just tell us to go f, fair enough I suppose!
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mandelsons_toenail
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Re: strike breakers - Post strike?
Ignored for a while
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krussel
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Re: strike breakers - Post strike?
Never forgotten and never part of the crew anymore, ever.
For example a guy at our place has a holiday home by the coast. Really nice place and he lets it out very cheap for people at work.
One of the few, who choose to come to work on a strike day, normally stayed for 2 weeks in the summer at this guys place. The following year (I guess him thinking the strike long forgotten) the scab approached our friend to book his 2 weeks but was told to Feck Off. End off.
So his two weeks down the coast cost him about £800 more than it would have done.
Also swapping days off and overtime all come into account in the years ahead.
For example a guy at our place has a holiday home by the coast. Really nice place and he lets it out very cheap for people at work.
One of the few, who choose to come to work on a strike day, normally stayed for 2 weeks in the summer at this guys place. The following year (I guess him thinking the strike long forgotten) the scab approached our friend to book his 2 weeks but was told to Feck Off. End off.
So his two weeks down the coast cost him about £800 more than it would have done.
Also swapping days off and overtime all come into account in the years ahead.
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pop it in pete
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Re: strike breakers - Post strike?
Just get them to resign from the union we could all do without them in our ranks
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blue1873
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Re: strike breakers - Post strike?
Like it!!krussel wrote:Never forgotten and never part of the crew anymore, ever.
For example a guy at our place has a holiday home by the coast. Really nice place and he lets it out very cheap for people at work.![]()
One of the few, who choose to come to work on a strike day, normally stayed for 2 weeks in the summer at this guys place. The following year (I guess him thinking the strike long forgotten) the scab approached our friend to book his 2 weeks but was told to Feck Off. End off.![]()
So his two weeks down the coast cost him about £800 more than it would have done.
Also swapping days off and overtime all come into account in the years ahead.
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windermeredave
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Re: strike breakers - Post strike?
A few years back when we had delivery frames with pigeon holes, a scab came in after a strike to prep his job, after about an hour he went to the toilet, when he came back all the prepped mail was back on the board and his pigeon holes were empty..he reported it to the line manager, but they couldn`t finger anyone, after that he would never leave his board until he was tied up 
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krussel
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Re: strike breakers - Post strike?
Fair enough.windermeredave wrote:A few years back when we had delivery frames with pigeon holes, a scab came in after a strike to prep his job, after about an hour he went to the toilet, when he came back all the prepped mail was back on the board and his pigeon holes were empty..he reported it to the line manager, but they couldn`t finger anyone, after that he would never leave his board until he was tied up
You have to be really careful though just after the strike whilst emotions run high and managers are ready to jump. Personally I would not recommend any direct action.
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
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IcanthelpthewayIam
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Re: strike breakers - Post strike?
so rather than educate them, just kick them out, so over time our membership will get smaller and smaller as we kick them out, it would mean the cwu's influence would decrease and decreasepop it in pete wrote:Just get them to resign from the union we could all do without them in our ranks
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mandelsons_toenail
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Re: strike breakers - Post strike?
It just gets awkward,
You would have to to carry me in my wooden box over a picket line period.
You would have to to carry me in my wooden box over a picket line period.
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Stella102
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Re: strike breakers - Post strike?
a couple of heavies in the office saw this one scab on a night out. put it this way it didn't end well for the scab.
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Pete22
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Re: strike breakers - Post strike?
Sackable offence that , violence in or out of work will result in dismissal.Stella102 wrote:a couple of heavies in the office saw this one scab on a night out. put it this way it didn't end well for the scab.
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Judgee
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Re: strike breakers - Post strike?
The silent treatment is the best and most sensible option. Anything else could lead to trouble and won't achieve anything. Anyone who crosses a picket line is either so desperate that they need the cash that they have no choice, or a completely selfish cock with no self respect and probably no friends. I pity both in equal measure but wish them no harm! 
Union what Union? Do we have a union?
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Stella102
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Re: strike breakers - Post strike?
the manager is also afraid of these guys doubt he would do anything. bullying runs rife in our office and im not talking about manager - postmen its postmen - postmen.Pete22 wrote:Sackable offence that , violence in or out of work will result in dismissal.Stella102 wrote:a couple of heavies in the office saw this one scab on a night out. put it this way it didn't end well for the scab.
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Stella102
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Re: strike breakers - Post strike?
silent treatment can also account to bullying.Judgee wrote:The silent treatment is the best and most sensible option. Anything else could lead to trouble and won't achieve anything. Anyone who crosses a picket line is either so desperate that they need the cash that they have no choice, or a completely selfish cock with no self respect and probably no friends. I pity both in equal measure but wish them no harm!