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In reply to the discussion: I'm going on strike next week... [View all]

Violet_Crumble

(36,155 posts)
7. I don't think it will be...
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 06:41 AM
Jun 2015

There's more industrial action happening in July, but I think until Abbott and Abetz are gone there's going to be no compromise at all. I just saw on the news that in Canberra today there were between 6-7000 public servants who stopped work, and of those 1500 went to the stop work meeting.

I'm kind of torn on the industrial action. I understand why the CPSU keeps on stressing we're taking action that will try not to inconvenience the public, what with Centrelink, airports, and tax time coming up, but then I see comment sections in the Canberra Times and the Sydney Morning Herald where things get said like 'sack them all and give the jobs to people who want them!' and saying how lazy and spoilt public servants are, and I wish we could track them down and show them exactly how inconvenienced they'd be if we all stopped doing what we do. Grrrr....

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I'm going on strike next week... [View all] Violet_Crumble Jun 2015 OP
Solidarity SamKnause Jun 2015 #1
Thanks n/t Violet_Crumble Jun 2015 #8
A rec, a kick, and solidarity that you and your fellow strikers achieve your goals. TexasTowelie Jun 2015 #2
I know exactly what you mean... Violet_Crumble Jun 2015 #9
Be tough! MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #3
Thanks. Unions aren't as strong in the US as here, I take it? Violet_Crumble Jun 2015 #6
Unions have been neutered by Republicans and Third Wayers MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #11
I hope it will be effective. Matilda Jun 2015 #4
I don't think it will be... Violet_Crumble Jun 2015 #7
Steady on... Fairgo Jun 2015 #5
Thanks, fairgo. I think it's going to be a long drawn out campaign... Violet_Crumble Jun 2015 #10
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