TUC Conference

Interesting to hear that the General Secretary of the TUC, Brendan Barber, isn't that keen on strike action but would see it as the last resort.

I think I would agree that taking strike action is less desirable than trying to resolve a dispute through different means first but we are now facing huge and savage cuts that are not necessary. The 25% reduction in public services will in fact mean that the economy will be strangled and the recession could turn into a long term depression that would lead to all sorts of undesirable situations. So although I would agree that continuous and constant strike action is undesirable and probably (and this is the real reason) undeliverable, other forms of industrial action need to be employed to ensure that there is mass mobilisation and real time protest.

http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/index.cfm?mins=363&minors=62&majorsubjectID=19


http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/tuc-18385-f0.cfm