The PCS Union has worked hard this last year to have its members go out on strike at all costs. It has finally succeeded. Its officials must be wetting themselves with glee now they have finally accomplished what they have been trying to do for at least the last 12 months.
Originally, they were egging on actual DSA staff to strike concerning proposed office relocations. Unfortunately, the relocation plans were shelved and the chance to strike was lost. Unfazed, they simply waited for another opportunity – this time, that old stalwart: teachers.
Sarah Robinson, a PCS branch secretary, has obviously been practising that special rhetoric that makes them sound like a bad Japanese-to-English translation, but which they nevertheless thrive on within unions:
Never before since the 1940s have workers been asked to defend our public services in the way they will in the coming months.
They’re an olive short of a pizza. Always were, always will be.
Anyway, assuming that you live in an area where union membership is more important than food, cigarettes, booze… even life, itself… then you need to keep an eye on the dates these comedians are earmarking for action when you book driving tests.