power of the people - Heathrow

[ZeroHaven]

I just caught some glimpses of the Heathrow turmoil.<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2005-08-12T114341Z_01_KWA140330_RTRUKOC_0_UK-AIRLINES-BA.xml" target="top">600 people are fired</a><!--EZCODE LINK END-->, 1000 join in support, and 70,000+ passengers are inconvenienced. It's amazing how such a small group of people can cause international chaos. Despite the mass inconvenience, I can't help but smile at that.<br><br>I'm curious about one thing tho.. in my local news they almost exclusively showed very large masses of Indian-looking people (beige, forhead dots on most), without explaining who they are. Has anyone seen enough to know if those were the strikers or just passengers? It seemed a bit odd.<br>----<br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"We've told the trade union to get their members back to work," BA spokesman Richard Goodfellow told Reuters. He declined to say what would happen if staff did not return to their jobs.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>Nice tactic there Rich! Just tell em to stop whining and start working. Brilliant negotiating skills...<br><br> <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a239/ZeroHaven/tinhat.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></p><i></i>

[AnnaLivia]

the cheap-labor predators (priceless that the company is from Texas, eh?) would rather shut down the world than give in to increased wages (for even a mere 600 people). (dominoe theory)<br><br>having cheap labor is the absolute bedrock foundation principle that explains everything the wealthpowerful do.<br><br>learn to look for the connection to having cheap labor in everything. and pin that moniker of "cheap-labor predator" on these assholes every chance you get. it's their scarlet letter. make 'em wear it. <p></p><i></i>