BT Wont recognise unions in the South

Weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
Posts: 5677 Joined: 25-09-05 Location: Dublin
Submitted by Weeler on 29 April, 2008 - 15:26.
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The Communications Workers' Union (CWU) in the Republic of Ireland is organising an email campaign to highlight the fact that British Telecom is discriminating against its own staff because they are Irish by refusing them the right to collective bargaining which their staff in Northern Ireland enjoy.

http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=367

heartskat "Old bitch"
Posts: 281 Joined: 11-12-06 Location: Breizh
5 May, 2008 - 19:52

is it b"because they are irish" or simply because it is a tactic to weaken the union? sure up north some of them are irish too. Or maybe I did not get that right. My question is: is it really an attack on irish workers because they are irish or simply because BT wishes less people in the union?

Weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
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6 May, 2008 - 11:37

Its the latter obviously. Unions are phrasing it in a retarded way I know.

revol68 "MILF Hunter"
Posts: 17240 Joined: 23-02-04 Location: Belfast
6 May, 2008 - 11:59

LOL unions in pandering to nationalist nonsense shocker.

Sure you get the same crap about "Saving British Jobs" when a car plant closes in the midlands.

Weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
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6 May, 2008 - 12:38

Its tricky to be internationalist while discussing jobs that are located in a specific location. grin

revol68 "MILF Hunter"
Posts: 17240 Joined: 23-02-04 Location: Belfast
6 May, 2008 - 12:40
guydebordisdead wrote:
Its tricky to be internationalist while discussing jobs that are located in a specific location. grin

Oh and what a specific location Britain is, really gives a real sense of place...

Weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
Posts: 5677 Joined: 25-09-05 Location: Dublin
6 May, 2008 - 14:50

I dunno man. I feel pretty uncomfortable that you set your location to Belfast even.

lrnec
Posts: 91 Joined: 29-10-07 Location: Belfast
8 May, 2008 - 00:48
revol68 wrote:
guydebordisdead wrote:
Its tricky to be internationalist while discussing jobs that are located in a specific location. grin

Oh and what a specific location Britain is, really gives a real sense of place...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:British_Isles_Euler_diagram.svg

If you want to get technical?

Boulcolonialboy "the clear concrete"
Posts: 1541 Joined: 02-10-04 Location: Belfast
8 May, 2008 - 09:53
lrnec wrote:
revol68 wrote:
guydebordisdead wrote:
Its tricky to be internationalist while discussing jobs that are located in a specific location. grin

Oh and what a specific location Britain is, really gives a real sense of place...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:British_Isles_Euler_diagram.svg

If you want to get technical?

So according to that the Republic of Ireland is included in the British isles but not the British Islands while Northern Ireland is both??? I thought the repubic and the wee north were part of the same land mass confused

lrnec
Posts: 91 Joined: 29-10-07 Location: Belfast
8 May, 2008 - 10:38

Red being a geographical line and blue being political entities remember, British Isles is a geographical mark and British Islands is political. Yea it makes so much sense right heh. So everywhere Ireland, N.Ire, England Jersy etc are technially part of the geopraphic landmass of the British Isles but only England, Scotland and Wales are part of Great Britian(Ie the biggest island in the British Isles.) N.Ire's tied in by the political grouping United Kingdom and the smaller islands are tied in under the term British Islands.

So like if you say Britian, you could be talking about the British Isles, British Islands or Great Britian all of which are technically different things, crazy ya.