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Originally Posted by Chris
That's different again: representative democracy. We didn't vote on Iraq, but those who did, were put in a position to vote by us, to cast votes on our behalf.
There's nothing representative about the workings of the trade union movement. They're single-interest pressure groups, pure and simple, and need to stop carrying on as if they are deserving of the level of political and economic influence that they clearly feel entitled to.
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Chris, with all due respect that's a gross misrepresentation of both scenarios - but typical of your anti union stance as evidenced in this thread.
The trade union movements are representative of their membership and, strangely enough, they allow their membership to vote on matters which affect them and their lives - a concept which appears strangely alien to Governmental representative "democracy".
This is the same Governmental representative democracy which now sees proposals for benefit cuts, a reduction in the numbers on benefits and a move towards better up-skilling for employment - what employment? Have they missed the recession they presided over?
As for the postal workers it's
their jobs at risk, they are entitled to take democratic strike action should they elect to do so. A democratic right won, and enshrined indeed, in part by the sacrifices of those made in previous wars.
My heart bleeds for those of you on here who would happily have men and women turfed onto the dole queues of the nation because your letters / delivery service being be disrupted for a period as a result of them exercising a democratic right is just a bit too much for you to handle. The very same type of right I hasten to add that most of you are quite happy - in the guise of representative democracy - to allow men and women to sacrifice / waste their lives in a foreign land because you think Government representative democracy is a better democracy than union democracy.
Most of the ill informed on here would do well to read
this.
The Government
own Royal Mail and are driving forward the cost cutting and modernisation. The very same Government that bailed out the banks (with your money). The very same banks who have been shafting you all with legally questionable charges and insurance policies. The very same banks who brought about the bonus culture that has led to the worst recession in living memory - but still retain their jobs, bonuses and incentives.
Royal Mail - and to a greater degree its employees - are the latest potential victims in a laughably deplorable Government's attempt at asset stripping and off loading what was once a great British company / service.
That anyone would be small / narrow minded enough to think that these men and women have decided to strike just to inconvenience the public is a sad reflection of the self centred nature of society. Those people bemoaning this action should be ashamed of themselves.
This Government have betrayed, deceived and ruined your country to feather their own nests. You are living in a control state of constant surveillance, observation and suspicion / mistrust of each other.
That a collective of men and women should stand up to them with the threat of losing their jobs either way is to be applauded - not derided and bemoaned by a few armchair "it wouldn't have happened in my day" generals.