Quote Originally Posted by Deeranged View Post
Correct, everyone has the right to withhold their labour. However do they really have the right to disrupt to the detriment of their employer, families and society in general? I don't thinks so myself.

Other thing is why withhold labour for say two weeks in a year year costing yourself 3.5% of your annual wages, disrupting your customers, causing your employer to lose money, causing your family hardship and (of course) making it clear to your employer that you can't be trusted in the process in an attempt to secure an extra 1.5% or 2% on your annual wage rise? Just doesn't make financial sense.

I started with my current employer in July 2018, I received a 2% salary increase this year and that's the first one I've had from them. Do I complain? No because I know that the 2%, in an industry that struggled pre pandemic and through it, is better than a possible option of zero salary.

The problem with some people is that they forget that you never know what you have until you no longer have it. Those of us that have been there do.
Sometimes you have to stand up for what is right,even if it costs you. Most industrial action I have seen has not been about money,more often its about redundancies or changes to working conditions. The few times I saw strike action being considered was after other options had been tried and ignored. Both times the strike was called off late in the day,once by the employer coming to the table once by the workers changing their minds.

What would you do if your employer decided to cut your pay,stop paying sick pay,and cut your breaks?