Vince Cable warns GMB against co-ordinated strikes

[Hopeless Romantic]

Business Secretary Vince Cable was booed and heckled as he warned delegates at the GMB union's conference that co-ordinated strike action may lead to tougher union laws.

Unions say there could be significant public sector strikes on 30 June.

Mr Cable said that if the level of strikes remained low there would not be a compelling case for tighter laws.

But he warned that the pressure on him to act would ratchet up if there was widespread disruption.

Mr Cable was heckled, and met with boos and jeers at various points throughout his speech, the only cheers coming when he mentioned the prospect of a day of industrial action across significant parts of the public sector.

more http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13661098

[non sociopath skin]

1. ... and there go the remaining Lib Dem votes in the Northern Cities.

Never mind, when the Lib Dem party disappears in a couple of years time, Vince can always apply for a job in Wisconsin.

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[dipsydoodle]

2. I support your right to strike as long as you don’t strike, Cable tells unions

Business Secretary Vince Cable has moved to reassure delegates at the GMB union’s conference that the right for workers to strike will remain in place just as long as they promise not to use it.

Union leaders have expressed anger at the possible introduction of tougher union laws which could make strike action illegal, but Mr Cable has insisted that this would only happen if they exercised their right and actually took strike action.

In the speech Mr Cable revealed that he would get tough on the unions rather than the people who were responsible for the current economic plight, but only if he “really, really had to”.

Responding to boos and jeers, Mr Cable told delegates in Brighton “Let me reassure you that your right to strike will be completely unaffected just so long as you promise that you won’t.”

http://newsthump.com/2011/06/06/i-support-your-right-to-strike-as-long-as-you-dont-strike-cable-tells-unions/

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3. Ain't it the truth?

:evilgrin:

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