Would you cross a union picket line?

[Virago]

fucken scab

In my experience fucken scabs are better than fucken leeches.

[Flip]

No I would not.

[Madness]

No I would not.

What if they looked like boy racers?

[oldrider]

Yes - just for the hell of it! Of course I would pump up the tyres on my zimmer first!

[scumdog]

LOL everyone look at this guy. Just look.

Uh no thanks!

There's a picture of an elephants festering arse-hole I'd rather look at...

[J.A.W.]

Uh no thanks!

There's a picture of an elephants festering arse-hole I'd rather look at...

Favourite selfie, eh?

Well, s'pose thats 1/2 sensible, after breaking all those mirrors - you'd pointed your ugly mug at.. L.O.L...

[Flip]

What if they looked like boy racers?

That would be entirely different.

[TheDemonLord]

Someone trying to stop me from doing something I want to and am legally entitled to do.....

Fuck 'em.

If there is a rational point to be made, let it be made without the strong arm tactics. If you're unhappy with it, don't work in the retail sector where workers get treated like shite.

[R650R]

No I won't cross a picket line. Have worked in both unionised and non-unionised firms on three continents. Now I won't ever claim that unions are perfect, but having been exposed to the sneaky tactics employed by big corporates to de-unionise a workplace...I'll keep my union card thanks. Especially when working in a sizeable outfit where the boss doesn't know my name

100% agree.

I now work in a place with a Union, surprise surprise I get paid well (just got another payrise), get all the gear I need for the job and get treated with respect by the bosses.
There are good lines of communication and nothing seems to be an issue. Funny thing is just up the road there is a competitor business of sort that works alongside in conjunction. They have crap gear, get paid a lot less and have to buy there own workwear and boots etc by the looks of it.
I grew up in a Freezing Works family so have seen the full spectrum and had good mix of union and non union jobs.... Its the only thing between having a first/second world lifestyle as opposed to living like Mexicans or Chinese.
Funny thing is the anti union people actually benefit from those in the union helping bolster wages across various industries.

BTW your fancy Aikido wristlocks and stuff are fine one on one but you need a better Sensai if you think confronting an angry mob is a good idea no matter how good you are.

[Jin]

Aikido exponent eh? Ohh.. AFAIR, from doing that MA back in the day - as a form of Rugby skills training - you aint s'posed to play fast & loose with them skills..

Tell ya what though, if it was me in the picket line you tried it on with, I'd make sure it was up on youtube, before we called the ambos for ya.. L.O.L....

KB already has a friendly troll akzke ya know. Don't think another is necessary.

[neels]

Possibly, depending on who/what/where

Unions are certainly not the be all and end all, but if the alternative is not having them to keep the arsehole employers in line then it's the lesser of two evils.

[skippa1]

Aikido exponent eh? Ohh.. AFAIR, from doing that MA back in the day - as a form of Rugby skills training - you aint s'posed to play fast & loose with them skills..

Tell ya what though, if it was me in the picket line you tried it on with, I'd make sure it was up on youtube, before we called the ambos for ya.. L.O.L....

Cant this fuckcicle be banned or sumfing?

[Oakie]

What they showed of the Auckland protest on the box it looked more like rent-a-crowd than actual affected workers.

Bit like that down here too. Lots of Union types in their SFWU / EPMU t-shirts and waving their flags and it seemed about a similar number wearing their Bunnings shirts

Passing a picket line to buy some weedkiller or polyfilla is a bit different to passing a picket line to take the job of the people taking action. Fuck 'em.

Important distinction there thanks.

BTW your fancy Aikido wristlocks and stuff are fine one on one but you need a better Sensai if you think confronting an angry mob is a good idea no matter how good you are.

God. Wouldn't even guarantee I could take down one person who handled me ... but I would feel damned good for having tried.

[Oakie]

Cant this fuckcicle be banned or sumfing?

We could picket him!

[TheDemonLord]

BTW your fancy Aikido wristlocks and stuff are fine one on one but you need a better Sensai if you think confronting an angry mob is a good idea no matter how good you are.

Sensai Browning disagrees.....