[Pierre]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

I believe in unions but not in the unions that hold the rest of the country to ransom particularly on public holidays on a regular basis..

It should be an EQUAL relationship between employer and employee Not an exercise in blackmail from either side.

And there are not unions in every workplace especially small private retail or franchised retailers such as Specsavers.

My daughter retrained as a dispensing optician at the cost of the small franchised Specsavers firm who, when she was using their services and heard her story, offered her a job and the chance to obtain further qualifications.There is no union and frankly if there were it would break the finances of the business if the employees were forever on strike to get better wages.

I can just see what customers would do if denied access to getting new glasses..they would just walk up the road to another outlet or to another independent opticians

Not something that tube users can easily do.The only alternative is to drive,catch an already overcrowded bus or walk.The first is no longer economically viable because of parking costs and Charges and the last is impractical after a day spent on your feet serving customers..In a tube strike the middle option strains an already stretched service.

The line you Alan Fry crossed is the one that arrogantly assumes that only you have the answers about a persons situation when you have no idea what that situation really is and you have the temerity to offer advice that just won't fly..Just like Mary Antoinette.

So, are you saying...she shouldn't have gone to specsavers?