British Airways Strike Proves Worth of Organized Labor, Protest.

[mattclearing]

I don't think many people in this country appreciate the value of organized labor anymore.

If employees aren't being treated properly by their employer, they have a right, no, a duty, to strike. You can shut things down.

As things get worse in this country, it is worth remembering that by banding together, people can right any injustice, be it labor-related or otherwise.

Thank God (and Skinner) for DU. That is all.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050812/D8BUAE3G0.html

70,000 Stranded at Heathrow Over Labor Spat

Aug 12, 9:41 AM (ET)

By SLOBODAN LEKIC

LONDON (AP) - At least 70,000 travelers were left stranded Friday as British Airways canceled all flights to and from Heathrow Airport after catering staff, baggage handlers and other ground crew walked off the job in wildcat strikes at the height of the summer tourism season.

Staff handed out food and water to hundreds of tired and frustrated passengers, many of whom had spent the night on benches and floors at the world's busiest international airport. Travelers stood in long, slow-moving lines in an attempt to get on alternate flights.

"We're trying to get on any flight to Germany," said Helge Kreckel from Frankfurt. "We don't care where or which airline, just any flight. Then we can take the train to Frankfurt. We're not leaving this line until we get it."

British Airways said flights would be suspended until at least 8 p.m. London time, as the government-backed mediation service ACAS announced it would oversee talks in a bid to resolve the dispute.

[jayfish]

1. The American People Are Sheep Who Devour What They Have Been Fed.

Mainly, "consider yourself lucky to even have a job". That's the long and short of it. The whole trucker/Florida thing is a nice aberration. But when you listen to people who criticize them, even here at DU, you realize it's exactly that; an aberration.

Jay

[mattclearing]

2. If things get worse economically, that will change.

Right now we're spoiled rotten. Once the bottom drops out, though, people will do anything to get to where they are today.

[jayfish]

3. I Wish I Was As Optimistic. -NT-

Jay