Effects of the One Day Strike.

[mintogrubb.livejournal.com]

It would appear that two million people did join the one day strike planned for today.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/nov/30/strikes-public-sector-pensions-impact?newsfeed=true

But, what is the overall impact?

Yes, the Opposition are asking " What has gone wrong - is the Government not concerned that millions of ordinary workers have joined the biggest strike in a generation ?"

However, strikes do not have a record for impacting government policy. recent u turns on sell offs and such have been done by successful lobbying campaigns , not strike action by anyone affected.

There is no doubt in my mind that ordinary workers have been forced to pay for the bungles in the banking system - however, the strikers are not the factory workers and the till operators in supermarkets. this strike is being lead by teachers and clerical workers who are seeing their pay and pensions eroded. Sad to say, their efforts are too late- i predict that government cuts will increase, and the middle classes will be squeezed even harder. No, I don't see private sector workers offering meaningful support to this strike.

The upper crust will quietly regroup and carry on as usual, while middle management and similar will get trounced.

Comments

[meus-ovatio.livejournal.com]

The middle serves at the pleasure of the high, until the high loses its will to rule, and the middle overthrows the high, and recruits its own middle to administer the busy work.

[surferelf.livejournal.com]

The effect of the strike is to cultivate the solidarity of the strikers moreso than to damage the struck.