Olympic disgust four.
I do not understand this. What has happened to the national pride of the British? It is gone.
Several news agencies are reporting these stories, which are here taken from The Mail. Also, below, another AP article highlights the border guards strike. The British used to take pride in being British.
This is the entitlement me generation at their worst. No one in these unions seems to understand cooperation. Gramsci would be pleased, as he did not believe in nationhood. The great lies of socialism and communism seem to be at work here.
The great Olympic walkout: Now train drivers AND airport immigration staff announce strikes which will hit Games
- Aslef union will take industrial action over pensions on August 6, 7 and 8
- Thousands of staff at the Home Office, including airport immigration workers, will also stage a 24-hour strike the day before the opening of the Olympics
- Train company bosses are 'shocked and angry' strikes are being planned at time of 'great national pride' for country
- Aslef general secretary, Mick Whelan calls cutting pension contributions 'highly irresponsible'
- Transport Secretary Justine Greening: 'If there were an Olympic sport of self-interest, Aslef union leaders would win it hands down'
- Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt claims unions would be 'completely out of tune' with public mood if strike held during Games
- Labour leader Ed Miliband: 'People should not be striking during the Olympics. People should not be disrupting the Olympic Games'
- Members of RMT union on South West Trains reject strikes by narrow margin of four votes
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2175874/London-2012-Olympics-Train-drivers-stage-days-strikes-Games.html#ixzz216zeVxHB