This whole argument about unions is apparently taking an unexpected twist!!!
Ryanair have gone to the courts to have the identity of people making posts on a web site revealed.
Everyone has jumped up and down and shouted about how bad this is and how a union is required to sort the whole thing out.
Now we hear that the Irish teacher's union ASTI, is watching very carefully what happens in the Ryanair case because it is hoping that Ryanair are succesfull. !!!!!
If as the teacher's union hope Ryanair are succesful, the ASTI can use the precident to close down a site that they claim is posting defamatory statements from students about tecahers in Ireland!
However, we see that in France, there is a strike today in protest about companies using workers from outside the EU when EU workers are available.
In Ireland today there is a "protest" by nurses regarding conditions.
Come on the complainers - have a "protest" - stop whinging and do something.........or eventually you will simply be regarded as boys that call wolf. (Ryanair bashing in PPRuNe terms).
Don't forget that all the Ryanair pilots paying UK tax are paying a part of the wages at the heavily unionised (3 unions) longbridge plant this week.........yet another case of a workforce that can't compete in todays efficient and cost effective industry but expect that the public should support a product that does not sell and costs too much to produce.
The goose that lays the low cost golden egg may peck your ass incessantly but are you really going to kill it?
Regards,
DFC