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Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just watching the BBC\u00a0lunchtime news and saw some demonstrations against job losses in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Why are people stupid enough to believe that going on strike, demonstrating, rioting (it&#8217;s inevitable, isn&#8217;t it?), and\u00a0so on\u00a0is somehow enough to drag a company back from the edge of bankruptcy and into a healthy situation?<\/p>\n<p>I mean, these same people are probably the ones who were prepared to strike the last time the company in question (and I&#8217;m speaking generally) forgot to replace a toilet roll in the company lavatory, or switched to a cheaper and less luxurious alternative. They&#8217;ll be the same ones who never miss a chance to report problems to The Union. Trust me, I&#8217;ve been there and witnessed it over many years &#8211; it IS the way things operate.<\/p>\n<p>So I wonder why it is they can&#8217;t see where one of the biggest causes of the mess the company they&#8217;re demonstrating against is in is\u00a0<em>really<\/em>\u00a0located?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just watching the BBC\u00a0lunchtime news and saw some demonstrations against job losses in Northern Ireland. Why are people stupid enough to believe that going on strike, demonstrating, rioting (it&#8217;s inevitable, isn&#8217;t it?), and\u00a0so on\u00a0is somehow enough to drag a company back from the edge of bankruptcy and into a healthy situation? 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