Which professions are banned from striking (UK)

[condor]

Which professions are banned from striking

[bricolage]

Police, army.
Tube drivers if Boris gets his way.

[Comrade Jacob]

Police, army.
Tube drivers if Boris gets his way.

I wish the army would strike anyway.

[bricolage]

I wish the army would strike anyway.
I'm pretty much in support of all strikes but I'd be very skeptical of one in the army - which would probably be for higher wages or, more likely better equipment.

Workers go on strike. Soldiers mutiny.

[Trap Queen Voxxy]

Which professions are banned from striking

Starbucks and fast-food employees. I think too. Prolly loads of jobs.

[bricolage]

Starbucks and fast-food employees. I think too. Prolly loads of jobs.
Ummm, no.
Why do you think that?

[Trap Queen Voxxy]

Ummm, no.
Why do you think that?

Idk it's like that in America and other places.

[Aslan]

Technically its legal but post-modern capitalism has made it unrealistic..

[blake 3:17]

This is very interesting. Employment recruitment agencies don't want to become scab recruitment agencies. Not bad thinking on their part.

Trade Union Bill: Recruiters warn on strike law reforms
By John Moylan
Industry correspondent, BBC News

A key aspect of government plans to reform trade union laws has come under fire from the recruitment industry.
As part of its Trade Union Bill, the government wants to end the ban on using agency workers to replace striking staff.
But the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has told the BBC it has real concerns about the move.
The government says its reforms will end unjustified disruption to working people's lives.
There has been a ban on using agency workers in strike action since the 1970s.
The government is consulting on changing those regulations.
But Kate Shoesmith, head of policy at the REC, told the BBC: "We are not convinced that putting agencies and temporary workers into the middle of difficult industrial relations situations is a good idea for agencies, workers or their clients."
The big recruitment agencies work in countries around the world. Most have signed up to the International Labour Organisation's convention on private employment agencies.
It states that "private employment agencies should not make workers available to a user enterprise to replace workers of that enterprise who are on strike".

full article etc: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34252307

[willowtooth]

Idk it's like that in America and other places.

thats true but I don't think it should matter if your strike is illegal or not.

In america there is not only a long list of professions who can't strike, like railroad workers or public sector employees in certain states because of "red flu laws". But even certain types of strikes are illegal, which can pretty much be vaguely interpreted to say any major strike is illegal, or can atleast be temporarily shutdown


The following strikes are illegal, and employees who engage in such strikes lose the protection of the NLRA:

Intermittent strikes, involving the constant repetition of short strikes in which the employees attempt to pressure the employer to concede to their demands while still receiving wages;

"Work to rule" or slowdown strikes, in which employees fail to perform the duties which the employer has historically required them to perform;

In-facility or "sit down" strikes, in which the striking employees take possession of the employer's property and block others from entering;

Recognitional or organization picketing when the employer has lawfully recognized another union, or when a valid election has been conducted within the preceding 12 months;

Secondary boycotts, in which the employees picket a neutral employer; and
Violence and mass picketing.

http://www.xperthr.com/faq/what-types-of-strikes-are-legal-and-illegal/6326/

[Trap Queen Voxxy]

thats true but I don't think it should matter if your strike is illegal or not.

In america there is not only a long list of professions who can't strike, like railroad workers or public sector employees in certain states because of "red flu laws". But even certain types of strikes are illegal, which can pretty much be vaguely interpreted to say any major strike is illegal, or can atleast be temporarily shutdown



http://www.xperthr.com/faq/what-types-of-strikes-are-legal-and-illegal/6326/

The IWW has done a lot to help this and I've personally lead and or help coordinate loads of strikes and walk-outs. It's an absolute necessity because there's no other form of professional recourse or opportunity to negotiate or anything; like 2 years back when me and my people didn't get paid for like more than a month, in the middle of winter, almost near Christmas. It's crazy.

[MarxSchmarx]

Moved to workers struggles.