Strike - Moral Dilemma?

[croyde]

I am Freelance and one of my regular clients has asked me if I can work certain dates that the staff will be on strike.

I have not talked to them yet and I won't say what I think but I just wondered what the PH collective thought.

It's BBC workers striking over pensions BTW.

[Corsair7]

croyde said:

I am Freelance and one of my regular clients has asked me if I can work certain dates that the staff will be on strike.

I have not talked to them yet and I won't say what I think but I just wondered what the PH collective thought.

It's BBC workers striking over pensions BTW.

Fuk them, seruiously, the tax payer funds their pension. Fuk them. Do what ever you want, these lovies get all the perks and work in an area where lifes just another 'free lunch'.

[DavesFlaps]

If it was me, I'd work.
If you're on reasonable speaking terms with the striking folks, let them know you support their cause, but then go on to explain your financial position as a freelancer, as well as the impact it may have on future work if you were to stay away.
Then go to their boss and tell him/her what a bunch of s the strikers are and how they can rely on you whenever they need you.

Edited by DavesFlaps on Friday 24th September 16:56

[Engineer1]

Moral?? there is money involved if you don't go in you don't get paid and possibly someone else gets the job. If someone else gets in once then they may end up above you on the list of people to call when the work needs doing.

[uuf361]

Work........I'm not a huge fan of strikes - if you don't like the terms of your job find another one where you do.

[croyde]

DavesFlaps said:

If it was me, I'd work.
If you're on reasonable speaking terms with the striking folks, let them know you support their cause, but then go on to explain your financial position as a freelancer, as well as the impact it may have on future work if you were to stay away.
Then go to their boss and tell him/her what a bunch of s the strikers are and how they can rely on you whenever they need you.

Edited by DavesFlaps on Friday 24th September 16:56

[eldar]

croyde said:

I am Freelance and one of my regular clients has asked me if I can work certain dates that the staff will be on strike.

I have not talked to them yet and I won't say what I think but I just wondered what the PH collective thought.

It's BBC workers striking over pensions BTW.

You are freelance, so not your issue. Work as normal. I assume you wouldn't get paid if you didn't work.

[TuxRacer]

Another vote for work. You have to put yourself and any current or future family ahead of their dispute with their employer. It's not your dispute.

[croyde]

No work no pay plus what little I do there is going to disappear next year when they move to Manchester.

[TEKNOPUG]

You're not part of the union and you will not benefit from any increases in pension/pay/perks that the strike may acheive. Why would you not go to work??

[ukwill]

Corsair7 said:

Fuk them, seruiously...

hel yeh.

[Corsair7]

croyde said:

I am Freelance and one of my regular clients has asked me if I can work certain dates that the staff will be on strike.

I have not talked to them yet and I won't say what I think but I just wondered what the PH collective thought.

It's BBC workers striking over pensions BTW.

you are Chris Moyles or 'Comedy Dave' and I claim my Five Pounds.....


(both free lancers at the BeeB)

[grumbledoak]

BBC? Strike?
fk them.

And anyway you are freelance.

[Blue Meanie]

Do you think the BBC staff would come out to support you?

[Tommy Cooper]

eldar said:

croyde said:

I am Freelance and one of my regular clients has asked me if I can work certain dates that the staff will be on strike.

I have not talked to them yet and I won't say what I think but I just wondered what the PH collective thought.

It's BBC workers striking over pensions BTW.

You are freelance, so not your issue. Work as normal. I assume you wouldn't get paid if you didn't work.

Well it depends, if he is a Freelance Member of Bectu or the NUJ.It becomes a Moral Dilemma.

[Busa_Rush]

They are not striking because they are terribly underpaid or being taken advantage of, or being thrown out of their homes or their children are being asked to work . . . . so it's not a serious issue, possibly a contractual dispute . . . so I would work and be grateful for the money.

[Tommy Cooper]

TVR Moneypit said:

Blue Meanie said:

Do you think the BBC staff would come out to support you?

Would they bks.

As has already been said, fuk em. Workshy leftie bunch of freeloading useless s. Fuk em.



If that isn't clear enough for you, then I'll make my position clear. Yes, I'd work.



Oh, and fuk em.

Op.. is this Dispute about 'Final Salary Pensions' that the Beeb shafted long term Employees?.

[ukwill]

Tommy Cooper said:

TVR Moneypit said:

Blue Meanie said:

Do you think the BBC staff would come out to support you?

Would they bks.

As has already been said, fuk em. Workshy leftie bunch of freeloading useless s. Fuk em.



If that isn't clear enough for you, then I'll make my position clear. Yes, I'd work.



Oh, and fuk em.

Op.. is this Dispute about 'Final Salary Pensions' that the Beeb shafted long term Employees?.

Shafted, in the sense that there's a £2billion deficit in the current pot.

[Tommy Cooper]

ukwill said:

Tommy Cooper said:

TVR Moneypit said:

Blue Meanie said:

Do you think the BBC staff would come out to support you?

Would they bks.

As has already been said, fuk em. Workshy leftie bunch of freeloading useless s. Fuk em.



If that isn't clear enough for you, then I'll make my position clear. Yes, I'd work.



Oh, and fuk em.

Op.. is this Dispute about 'Final Salary Pensions' that the Beeb shafted long term Employees?.

Shafted, in the sense that there's a £2billion deficit in the current pot.

[BOR]

Do not ever, ever, cross a picket line. If you disagree with the strike, take it up with the strikers rather than sucking down on management cock.

If the BBC management can bring in people who can work through the strike, then what little leverage the strikers have is destroyed. Do you want to be responsible for that? The balance of power will shift wholly to the corporate wes who run the BBC, and they will be able to treat the employees however badly they like, if you give them that power.

Are you going to give them that power ?