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Friday February 27, 2004 08:19 by Al - Organise! organiseireland at yahoo dot ie
WORKERS SUSPENDED AS GOVERNMENT WEIGH IN AGAINST STRUGGLE FOR FAIR PAY The original threats threatening the withdrawal of flexible working arrangements and other disciplinary action against workers taking part in the pay dispute was met with a wildcat walkout by thousands of NIPSA members on 5th February. This hardened the resolve of workers and increased support for the ‘official’ strike the next day. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5As a union member who's union is not on strike, yet.., I want to add my support to the suspended workers of NIPSA.
An injury to one is an injury to all.
Can we make these co-ordinated strikes wider than the civil service..can we ballot our members for supportive action..our union members suffer when low pay and bad conditions demoralise civil service workers...I know that secondary picketting has been shelved..how can we show our solidarity and support to strikers..?
I am a firm believer that trade unions are not there just for wage negotiations, but to instill economic and social justice and democracy into this free market madness that workers have to battle constantly.
The moves against activists of branch 8 CSA is an attempt to break what is regarded as NIPSA's strongest branch. The government move against branch 8 should be seen as a move against NIPSA as a whole.
The workers in the workplace have pledged money from their own low pay packets to any of their fellow workers that are suspended. Although the government and management have directed its attention towards branch 8 this should not be seen only as a fight between branch 8 and the government. This is a fight for all civil servants and solidarity and unity is needed. We need all out strike action for longer periods, not by one branch or a handful of branches but across the board.
Management and the government have escalated the situation by moving and directing their attention against this branch . Therefore the NIPSA leadership needs to respond to this bullying of activists. This fight can be won and workers have shown that they are up for the fight.
Many other unions are also watching on as to the outcome. So rather than the government as they are setting out to do, to attempt to break key union branches and then the union as a whole we need to see an effective strategy to counter this. Just look at what the postal workers did in Britain.
Unity is strength.
Not all quite what it seems.
No slective action?
No strike pay?
No action to support suspended workers?
What is going on in the CSA?
Sorry I think you have the CSA 'branch' mixed up with civil service 'Executive' who have now called of all further strike action. CSA are the rank and file workers who lead the 'unofficial' walkouts while the executive are the elected body who called the 'official' action. The time for change group is in the Executive. It is the executive who have now called of further action etc to negotiate with a minor Grade 5!
It now seems strike action is back on again, as agreed today.