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I was just answering a question which had nothing to do with the OP's post. To answer the OP's post I don't agree with strikes at all. Its like tree huggers and veggies causes way too many problems than it solves.

 

Happy now?

 

LOL, hope that's not a dig at RedM :D

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No I don't know the particulars of this strike. I just generally disagree with striking as a whole. In this particular instance if arson and fire related deaths are higher during the strike I hope the striking firefighters hang their heads in shame. To me its like heathrow operating flights with striking air traffic controllers. Surely there has to be another way to resolve their dispute with pay/working hours/not enough pool tables in the games room.

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No I don't know the particulars of this strike. I just generally disagree with striking as a whole. In this particular instance if arson and fire related deaths are higher during the strike I hope the striking firefighters hang their heads in shame. To me its like heathrow operating flights with striking air traffic controllers. Surely there has to be another way to resolve their dispute with pay/working hours/not enough pool tables in the games room.

 

Governments love people like you. People who will acquiesce to whatever is put to them. Happy to drop their pants and get a good shafting in the mistaken belief that they can talk power round to their way of thinking.

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Surely that is blackmail? That is one day that they will be heavily needed!

 

Its not like a Tube strike where they Pi$$ everyone off just because they don't get a 5% pay rise in the recession, that is just an inconvience. This endangers lives and surely not worth people dying for them to change work hours.

 

Yes it is blackmail. Industrial action is always a form of blackmail.

 

Unforgiveable to strike on Bonfire night. If I was a fireman, no matter what the situation it is the one night were most people are injured or killed. I would not want blood on my hands....:(

 

Surely some sort of long term strategy and dialogue is the way forward, not striking..!!

 

H.

 

There's two sides to every story though. If they do strike on the 5th, is it down to the firefighters or the people they are negotiating with?

 

its unbelieveable. I have alot of respect for what they do. And yes the government does need to pay them better wages, but so do police, doctors etc.

But to go on strike when needed the most is a joke.

 

As I said before, there's no point threatening to go on strike when you're least needed.

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Governments love people like you. People who will acquiesce to whatever is put to them. Happy to drop their pants and get a good shafting in the mistaken belief that they can talk power round to their way of thinking.

 

So if people die get injured during a strike its ok by you?

 

PS. I'm self-employed so striking won't do me any favours, probably why I'm not a big believer in it!

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It's not about pay! It's about fire fighters being fired and when fire fighters retire there posts not being filled and a lot more! No one has said this time they are not paid enough!

 

Are we led to believe that they are not striking for pension, pay, 3 years of pay freeze, job security, closure of fire stations.......instead they are striking for the safety of the London...

 

sounds so similar to the tact that the RMT unions use when doing on tube strikes...

 

Even if the Govt. does decide that it needs to shut down fire stations at the expense of a poorer service - so be it. I am fairly sure they have done their sums and realise that they cannot sustain this level of service any more.

 

Thank labour for their 10 years of raping the country dry - time to pay up.

 

Time to bring some efficiencies into public services and invest in areas that desperately need investment. if that means some others get the chop then unfortunately that is the reality of the situation we are in. no one has the right to a job for life - those days are long gone.

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Nope, quite the opposite. It celebrates the foiling of the gunpowder plot and the capture, torture, and execution of terrorists.

 

I wonder what celebrations we will have in the future?

 

Well, if our government (and others) carry on like they are then we'll be having parties every bloody night.

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People dying is never okay. What you've done there is called a straw man argument.

 

And what you did in your previous post to this is assume I would take it in the ass by the man just because I don't believe in striking (which by sherlock holmes like ASSUMPTION you do). Can't see how that works are all cases of forced/willing anal intercourse by government officials caused by people who don't believe in strikes?

 

I just have a feeling that if this strike goes ahead a few more deaths than normal can be attributed to their lack of action (and the lack of suitable training by the army or whatever force takes up the slack caused by the strike).

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