Re: Coast Guard staff strike.

>
> "We're all in this together boys and girls!". What a load of ****. I
would
> have been fired on the spot if one inkling of desire to join a bloody 
> union
> had leaked out to my senior management in the private sector.
>
> My feet would not have touched the ground.
>

These days Denis, you have a right enshrined in law to belong to a trade 
union
and any sacking based upon your member****p of same would be grounds
for a claim for unfair dismissal at a tribunal.

We should, via this group, express our sup****t for the coastguard and
their 
action,
some of those guys are on the minimum wage payable by law when they are 
doing a highly responsible job
that may one day save our lives. They certainly have my backing. Even
their 
CEO admits they are
underpaid but says he can't do anything about it.

Unscrupulous employers have always sought to exploit the worker and these 
days it's not easy just to change jobs.
If you have spent years training, as required by the employer, you can't 
just change career pathway at the drop
of a hat.

This is the first time in their history that the CG have taken this
action, 
more power to their elbow, I, for one,
hope they are successful.

TonyB