^that statement has summed it up in a neat little package

(likeajackhammer, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 12:14, archived)

I agree
i'd still immediately describe any union with a striking policy as cunts without bothering to read further though. It's not, and never has been, necessary to strike. It's just blackmail and extortion and should be treated as such. Let's see how Crow copes with seven years in the Scrubs.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 12:21, archived)

even when things like safety are at stake?
I'll meet you halfway and say it's excessive over of the brand of coffee in the kitchen.
(likeajackhammer, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 12:23, archived)

All political systems have brute physical resistance at their base
if a union can't strike, it can't bargain.

And it's no more extortion than an employer threatening to deprive you of your livelihood if you don't tow the company line in every way.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 12:26, archived)

actually, I disagree.
I think it's far more extortion. You can always leave your job. Your employer can't fire you under the same situation.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 12:39, archived)