Please take a moment and properly format your postings. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anonymous) writes:
> "[Mr. Blair] said he'd put more police on the street. Well the only > place he has this done so far is right here in Westminster." > > Ian Duncan Smith - Far-Right token alternative to 'compassionate > socialism'. > > Britain's Police Force took to the streets yesterday, protesting new > reforms to their working conditions and the plan to give 'community > wardens' the power of arrest. > > The Police Federation (the blue union) are also going to petition the > European Court of Human Rights to give them back the right to strike > they lost when they signed under the phrase 'I agree not to strike' on > their job applications. > > Someone has already pointed out that anyone who doesn't have the right > to strike is a slave; but if they're not happy with their working > conditions they can serve notice at any time. As the job finder > adverts say, _anyone_ is free to "Fire their boss!" at any time, and > _attempt_ to hire a better one. Strikes and work-to-rule's are merely > one step short of this. > > If you don't want to be held to a no-strike contract, DON'T SIGN ONE! > If that means you will not be permitted to work in certain critical > industries, so be it. > > Someone will probably flame me to say, "They can't _all_ afford to > quit, what about their children?", or, "We have to have a police > force, so EVERYBODY can't refuse to join, so it can't be _totally_ > voluntary. Thus we must make no strike contracts illegal for some > industries, or they'll have no say in their employment." > > But as far as I've heard, no-one's passed any Directive 10-289* or > Rush Act**. > > When they do, get back to me. I'll be waiting right here. > > -- > > * Atlas Shrugged: > > During a national emergency, the government passes a new law requiring > workers not to quit or strike on pain of imprisonment (amongst other > things). The government will now organize movement between jobs. > > ** Babylon 5: Episode 1.12, By Any Means Necessary: > > All critical employees of space stations must sign no-strike-no-quit > contracts for fixed terms of months; with the option of military force > to be used against them if they refuse to work. After cutbacks cost > the lives of dockworkers in an accident, they succumb to 'blue flu' > (organised sick-out). An Earth Government Representative declares this > to be an illegal strike and invokes the Rush Act. > > The Act is rumoured to be named for Rush Limbaugh. > > PS. You can probably tell I'm not a big fan of union power. Why have > two bosses when I can have one? Still, I'd never be stupid enough to > sign a no strike contract. > > PPS. Along with not wanting to increase the number of people who can > legally kidnap me and detain me against my will, there are two other > points I'd like to make in the cops favour: > > 1) Yesterday's protest had the highest police presense in London for > years, and was the cheapest to clean up after. Starbucks ought to > write the Police Federation a thank you note. > > and B) Police Officers won't stand for the kind of shit governments > like to pull on other types of protester, like 'traffic detours', > closure of public transport, stop and search that takes 6 hours or > until the protest is over etc. > > Oh and any idiot dumb enough to produce a brick from under his jacket > will find himself crowd surfing towards the nearest police van... > > PPPPPPPPPPPCPPS. Do I use more references than the Unabomber or what?
