Re: Strike threat at BT as boss gets £3m pay package
 

Nope as the Police Federation is slightly different in that it can't call for strike action. :)

That's a massive simplification but some unions have gone too far and seem to take delight into running certain companies into the ground.

Re: Strike threat at BT as boss gets £3m pay package
 

Strikes are called for by union members. It's a long process with many checks and balances in place to ensure that strike action is the only remaining action. The vast majority of negotiations between an employer and a Union don't lead to industrial action, nor even the threat of it, so the comparison to the Police Federation is valid.
Strikes are very costly to Trade Unions so you're wrong to think that Unions want to take strikes with the purpose of running any company into the ground.

You're a clever man Derek. How does a Union win by running a company into the ground. A business being run into the ground will inevitably lead to redundancies.Members losing their jobs means lost revenue for the Union.:confused: That's not a definition of the word victory I'm familiar with

If you think that Trade Union members are like Turkeys voting for Christmas you're deluded.

Re: Strike threat at BT as boss gets £3m pay package
 

erm, calls for strikes are voted upon by the members - the calls for strikes usually comes from the Union Executive.

Re: Strike threat at BT as boss gets £3m pay package
 

That's not the case. It may well be the first time the General Public is aware of the strike is when they hear one of the Union Executive in the press but that would only have been after there has been a breakdown in negotiations at local and/or regional levels depending on the size of the Organisation involved.