tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13261933.post114280062997305642..comments2024-03-11T11:10:30.592-05:00Comments on SCISSION: ONE FASCIST UNIONOread Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02726848708021220961noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13261933.post-67587882094720243992007-10-17T08:53:00.000-05:002007-10-17T08:53:00.000-05:00Since the publication of the original article the ...Since the publication of the original article the TUC have issued a statement that they will cross Solidarity picket lines. Solidarity, in contrast, instructed its members to respect CWU picket lines in our recent postal dispute. Who exactly are the scabs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13261933.post-1162548062060303462006-11-03T04:01:00.000-06:002006-11-03T04:01:00.000-06:00I found the article partisan. Many UK Unions affil...I found the article partisan. Many UK Unions affiliate and donate to New Labour whose policies are anti-working class, reactionary and imperialist. Perhaps we should put our own house in order before speculating on who other unions might give money to were they to have a political fund?<BR/><BR/>Also, if established Unions want to exclude people on political grounds it's kind of predictable that they might choose to organise their own collective protection in workplaces. I don't think Socialists should be seen colluding with either the State or empoloyers to do them down. This would discredit us in the eyes of many workers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13261933.post-1162417077907183432006-11-01T15:37:00.000-06:002006-11-01T15:37:00.000-06:00This is a very biased article. Let me address firs...This is a very biased article. Let me address first the description of Solidarity as a 'Scab' union. There is no evidence that any member of Solidarity has ever crossed a picket line or attempted to break a strike. There is no justification for using this highly emotive term against them. It reflects very badly on those that do.<BR/><BR/>As far as the 'Certificate of Independence' is concerned this is not needed to represent people at grievance or disciplinary hearings under current UK legislation. The main advantage of holding this status is that you can trigger recognition ballots (but only where there is no existing recognised Union). The main purpose is to manage industrial relations and to ensure that the Union is not an employer front group. Solidarity has been accused of being a front for political elements but seems quite hostile to employers and potentially militant.<BR/><BR/>Looking at their website at www.solidaritytradeunion.org indicates that they are seeking to campaign on fairly traditional issues and stress that their membership is open to all regardless of race, religion or political background.<BR/><BR/>It opposes globalisation and off-shoring but so do many in the Union movement.<BR/><BR/>The Third Way (www.thirdway.org) has put up and supported candidates from different ethnic communities. Their influence would seem to have ruled out donations from Solidarity to the BNP. At present Solidarity doesn't have a political fund so talk of who it might give money to is a bit premature.<BR/><BR/>In general I think we should wait and see what it actually does before condemning it. I think that a lot of us are very disillusioned with the established Union bureaucracies and hope that it will be a positive force.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13261933.post-1143010378164861812006-03-22T00:52:00.000-06:002006-03-22T00:52:00.000-06:00Walmart is turning America into Palestine. It wil...Walmart is turning America into Palestine. It will resort to our own intifada.<BR/>How many CEOs support zionist supremacism?<BR/>Their lordess, Ann Rand was of chosenite extraction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13261933.post-1142869000445665742006-03-20T09:36:00.000-06:002006-03-20T09:36:00.000-06:00Jew-hating scumbag...Jew-hating scumbag...Flansteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06275368284777146959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13261933.post-1142831689166892712006-03-19T23:14:00.000-06:002006-03-19T23:14:00.000-06:00Any union that supports Israel is a Scab Union; li...Any union that supports Israel is a Scab Union; like the union known as the United States of America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com