"Let me make one thing plain. I respect the right of workers in the private sector to strike. Indeed, as president of my own union, I led the first strike ever called by that union. I guess I'm maybe the first one to ever hold this office who is a lifetime member of an AFL - CIO union. But we cannot compare labor-management relations in the private sector with government. Government cannot close down the assembly line. It has to provide without interruption the protective services which are government's reason for being."
President Ronald Reagan, 3 August 1981, Rose Garden of the White House.
Any London Underground employee who strikes, does not turn up for their shift, should be dismissed. There is a queue of people willing to drive tube trains for current wages and conditions. Employ them. If the United States could cope with attempts by air traffic controllers to demand 17 times the offer on wages and conditions previously agreed, London can face down the class aggression of Tube workers.
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I believe Reagan sacked all of Air Traffic control during that dispute?
All of those who went on strike were sacked, yes. By their employer.
How come much of the underground remained operating ? ( According to BBC Radio news ).
For those who missed it, this subject is also under discussion at Burning our Money under the heading "A message from Bruvver Crow"
Ah, but where are today's Ronnies and Maggies?
They don't make them like that any more.
My prediction - Broon will find a way to cave in to the tube drivers.
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