Brighton parking attendants in New Year strike

BB "Insurectionists suck donkey cock!"
Posts: 1482 Joined: 12-08-04 Location: Brighton
Submitted by BB on 20 December, 2007 - 10:07.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/generalnews/display.var.1917417.0.brighton_parking_attendants_in_new_year_strike.php

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Jack "In it for spite"
Posts: 9899 Joined: 22-09-03 Location: Brighton
20 December, 2007 - 10:12

wanna go talk to them on the picket line and do an article for issue 2 of the newsletter? smile

BB "Insurectionists suck donkey cock!"
Posts: 1482 Joined: 12-08-04 Location: Brighton
20 December, 2007 - 10:45

Roving reporter me... A mate of mine used to work for them, i'll see if he still knows anyone, how about putting out some feelers at yours as well?

Jack "In it for spite"
Posts: 9899 Joined: 22-09-03 Location: Brighton
20 December, 2007 - 10:53

gonna ask union people here too. Issue 2 is gonna be so amazing!

You wanna meet for a drink in the new year, anyway?

BB "Insurectionists suck donkey cock!"
Posts: 1482 Joined: 12-08-04 Location: Brighton
20 December, 2007 - 11:06
Jack wrote:
gonna ask union people here too. Issue 2 is gonna be so amazing!

Hey maybe we could start selling them...wink

Steven. "not online much for a while"
Posts: 1516 Joined: 27-06-06 Location: London
20 December, 2007 - 11:14

we've got a bunch of suggested questions here:
http://libcom.org/forums/organise/a-questionnaire-about-workplace-struggles

Steven. "not online much for a while"
Posts: 1516 Joined: 27-06-06 Location: London
20 December, 2007 - 11:19
Quote:
It is believed two days of non-strike action will take place on January 4 and 6, during which time attendants will walk the streets but not issue any tickets.

excellent

EasternBarbarian
Posts: 60 Joined: 05-12-06
2 January, 2008 - 18:13

parkin attendants? whats next? solidarity with police officers on strike?

Jess "Go back to Myspace and TKmaxx with your bullshitter friends."
Posts: 1817 Joined: 26-11-04 Location: Brighton
2 January, 2008 - 19:03

Anarky! park where u want!!!11

EasternBarbarian
Posts: 60 Joined: 05-12-06
2 January, 2008 - 19:23

thats not an answer, but I suppose trying to read between lines that you imply parkin attendants are necessary part of our society, yes?

Weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
Posts: 5677 Joined: 25-09-05 Location: Dublin
2 January, 2008 - 19:26

So parking attendents perform the same social role for you as cops? Dickhead.

EasternBarbarian
Posts: 60 Joined: 05-12-06
2 January, 2008 - 19:29

oh, you seem to be tracking my every post, you must be dead bored smile

EasternBarbarian
Posts: 60 Joined: 05-12-06
2 January, 2008 - 19:35

Besides- I never said parking attendants play same role as cops- where did you read it? You are trying to manipulate everything I say and this looks like some personal problem you have got. I already proposed yo ua solution in a different thread.

One thing cops and parking attendats have in common is word "useless" though.

Weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
Posts: 5677 Joined: 25-09-05 Location: Dublin
2 January, 2008 - 19:36

Lots of jobs are useless though, like call centres for example, thats not why we support workers on strike though.

EasternBarbarian
Posts: 60 Joined: 05-12-06
2 January, 2008 - 19:43

no, indeed its not why we support workers on strike, but parking attendants are merely parasites employed by council to extort money . Would you support strike of bailiffs? tax collectors? they are in the same line as parking attendats to me.

j.rogue "Not as good as cops."
Posts: 1446 Joined: 08-04-07 Location: Not Texas
2 January, 2008 - 19:45
EasternBarbarian wrote:
Besides- I never said parking attendants play same role as cops- where did you read it?

EasternBarbarian wrote:
parkin attendants? whats next? solidarity with police officers on strike?

Right, you totally weren't implying anything there.

I'm gonna go with GDID on this one.

guydebordisdead wrote:
So parking attendents perform the same social role for you as cops? Dickhead.

j.rogue "Not as good as cops."
Posts: 1446 Joined: 08-04-07 Location: Not Texas
2 January, 2008 - 19:46
EasternBarbarian wrote:
no, indeed its not why we support workers on strike, but parking attendants are merely parasites employed by council to extort money . Would you support strike of bailiffs? tax collectors? they are in the same line as parking attendats to me.

Don't forget those damn bank tellers!

Weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
Posts: 5677 Joined: 25-09-05 Location: Dublin
2 January, 2008 - 19:47

They are not really comparible to bailiffs though, they don't generally destroy peoples lives, they just charge them for parking. We don't support them because we think they are revolutionaries but because when workers take action against the bosses and win it helps to build confidence in collective action. Their actual social role is pretty irrelevant here.

Weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
Posts: 5677 Joined: 25-09-05 Location: Dublin
2 January, 2008 - 19:48
j.rogue wrote:
I'm gonna go with GDID on this one.

guydebordisdead wrote:
So parking attendents perform the same social role for you as cops? Dickhead.

Watch out, this guy is tough and is coming to a city near you soon!

EasternBarbarian
Posts: 60 Joined: 05-12-06
2 January, 2008 - 19:53

no, they don't destroy people's lives, they just enforce council fucked up policies on others. Difference is only in scale of shit they do.

Cyber toilet flushed. I can see that leaving this forum months ago was good decision.

Weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
Posts: 5677 Joined: 25-09-05 Location: Dublin
2 January, 2008 - 19:55

Then fuck off to anti-politics or crimethinc, nobody is forcing you to post here or throw silly threats about mate.

Bobby
Posts: 503 Joined: 22-09-05
3 January, 2008 - 00:13

social role is always important guy, otherwise ye might as well support cops and screws going on strike...ffs

cantdocartwheels "in the aeroplane over the sea"
Posts: 1766 Joined: 15-03-04 Location: London then off to Brighton
4 January, 2008 - 09:46
EasternBarbarian wrote:
parkin attendants? whats next? solidarity with police officers on strike?

ban this hippy piece of shit already

Weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
Posts: 5677 Joined: 25-09-05 Location: Dublin
4 January, 2008 - 09:50
Bobby wrote:
social role is always important guy, otherwise ye might as well support cops and screws going on strike...ffs

The social role of parking attendents is important to you in whether or not you support their strike, seriously?

BB "Insurectionists suck donkey cock!"
Posts: 1482 Joined: 12-08-04 Location: Brighton
4 January, 2008 - 10:57

Strike action planned for Saturday (5th Jan) suspended

http://www.gmb.org.uk/Templates/PressItems.asp?NodeID=96443

Steven. "not online much for a while"
Posts: 1516 Joined: 27-06-06 Location: London
4 January, 2008 - 12:08
EasternBarbarian wrote:
no, they don't destroy people's lives, they just enforce council fucked up policies on others. Difference is only in scale of shit they do.

No, people can't just park wherever they want because that causes traffic chaos and is dangerous. It's a necessary job right now.

Quote:
Cyber toilet flushed. I can see that leaving this forum months ago was good decision.

If you don't support groups of workers in struggle then you're right, this forum isn't for you. Have fun threatening people from your computer screen instead, that will advance the class struggle roll eyes

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
Posts: 9285 Joined: 09-12-04 Location: Belfast
8 January, 2008 - 18:53
Bobby wrote:
social role is always important guy, otherwise ye might as well support cops and screws going on strike...ffs

So you wouldn't support striking till operators in tescos? - after all "they be chargn us for R foodz!"
or bus drivers that take fares? - they charge us for our travel

Parking attendents - charge us for our parking

Where's the impoprtant distinction you see? Cos I don't see one. Seriously, this is mental.

Weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
Posts: 5677 Joined: 25-09-05 Location: Dublin
8 January, 2008 - 18:58
xConorx wrote:
[So you wouldn't support striking till operators in tescos?

Every transaction is based on the implied threat of violence, capitalists have vast armys of cops and soldiers to protect private property. Every till operator is just a soft cop who attempts to normalise the inherent violence of capital by smiling and wishing you a good day.

grin

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
Posts: 9285 Joined: 09-12-04 Location: Belfast
8 January, 2008 - 19:20

I used to work on a till!
I used to BE the enemy!

Bobby
Posts: 503 Joined: 22-09-05
8 January, 2008 - 19:29

most prols know the clear concrete difference between someone who works on a till and a lecturer. its class... lefties never do btw

Weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
Posts: 5677 Joined: 25-09-05 Location: Dublin
8 January, 2008 - 19:40
Bobby wrote:
most prols know the clear concrete difference between someone who works on a till and a lecturer. its class... lefties never do btw

It terms of building a revolution, and not playing up to an idealised notion of the proletariat, what exactly is the difference, social capital? mobility?

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