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Originally Posted by Chris
The 1970s were just on the phone. They said your spaghetti hoops are going cold and can you pick up 20 woodbines on your way home.
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Meanwhile, back in the 21st century, I believe all the union actually wants here (in agreement with MPs from all parties) is for P&O to obey employment law. Redundancies on this scale should have been notified and consulted on well in advance. It is unlikely they can get around such an egregious breach of employment law no matter how generous the severance package is, and I bet it’s not nearly as generous as they’re making out anyway.
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I remember the Winter of Discontent, constant strikes, car workers with makeshift beds in the factory. Whatever did happen to British Leyland and so many other companies?
Little point "protecting jobs", if the company as a whole goes bust as a result.
Of course the Unions want particular(they get to choose which ones) laws to followed, especially when they paid for the laws to be implemented in the first place.
Nobody seems to ever come up with valid alternatives,
that would work.
Eg if a company started negotiations, would customers have faith in using them? The consequences of that and other issues would mean the business went bust anyway.
They have been announcing closure of routes, reduction in journeys, and loss of jobs for more than a year.