I was once on strike for about a year.
And nearly involved in this battle ................. http://www.eventplan.co.uk/orgreave_account.htm
What's the longest you have been on strike?
Qwerty
Ever been on Strike, how did you cope?
by qwerty 5 Replies latest jw friends
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Gadget
I'm in a job where it is against the law to go on strike. We have to do things like all phone in sick on the the same morning(If your unfit for duty, your unfit for dury, nothing they can do), or we all slept in one morning and everyone turned in an hour late....... 18 months ago there was a huge bust up and we went on a work to rule, just doing our jobs as we are contracted to do them, no overtime, no rushing through things to make sure all the tasks are completed, etc. The management(UK Government...) was very very upset at this and took out high court injunctions against us, threatening to lock us up in prison if it continued!
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anglise
Hi qwerty
scary times those, it seems such a long time ago.
We werent involved in the miners strikes personally but I remember a box being put at the back of the KH for those JW families affected. Not sure how it reached them.
My sons (pending) FIL was aminer during that period though and the family went through some very tough times with 2 young children and a mortgage. He doesnt speak about it much.
Other half did strike YEARS ago as part of some Civil Service dispute. I cant remember all the details although he did go on picket duty. Nothing like your experience though
Anglise
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maxwell
Never been on strike myself, but I was working at Fed-Ex when UPS had a big strike during the summer of 1997. Summer is usually a very slow time for package shipping at Fed-Ex. All of a sudden we were shipping more stuff than we ship around Christmas and I, a part-time worker, was working full-time hours. The extra money was cool, but I think even some Fed-Ex managers were happy when that strike was over. I can't remember how long it lasted, something like a few weeks.