Originally Posted by
knavesmire
litebulbs if your in amicus (cc89) what would you know about strikes ?
answer ... probably as much as the vast majority of BASSA members who, when faced with a strike call, just went sick through lack of resolve in 1997.
It will be very interesting to see what the ballot returns, I expect a 80% vote to strike from a 60% return at best (for BASSA), meaning under 50% of he electorate voting for strike action. Should a strike be called, I would expect less than 300 on strike in total (and half of those manning the picket line will be reps and those on days off), with the rest choosing to put themselves into AMP rather than strike.
I wish BASSA good luck as they are treated very badly, but I fear that there will be many tears over this one, with the vast majority being financially badly damaged through loss of basic pay and allowances, which they can ill-afford.