tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post6647542897556192068..comments2023-05-28T10:59:57.169+01:00Comments on Jon's labour movement blog: Lessons to learn from the RMTJon Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10779486527359048519noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-2357438783210945072007-09-18T10:00:00.000+01:002007-09-18T10:00:00.000+01:00While I accept the premises that Bob Crow of the ...While I accept the premises that Bob Crow of the RMT has secured some great deals for his members and increased his membership,. <br><br>The same cannot be said for a similar strategy pursued in other sectors, for example Mark Serwotka of PCS, who’s members are voting with their feet and disserting the union (I witnessed this first hand on the picket line at the Inland Revenue). The PCS cannot wage war on 300 different employees at once without diluting its impact significantly.<br><br>The difference is Bob Crow is quite rightly picking off individual private employees, rather than pursuing a WW1 “all over the top” suicidal strategy favored by revolutionary socialist who just want to dream of a revolution and sell the paper.<br><br>Evidence, does not show strikes win members, evidence shows as many members leave because of a threatened strike as join. What is clear is successful campaigns do recruit (and this may or may not include strikes.<br><br>Finally, If strikes were the panacea to recruitment, how come the fastest growing union in the UK is the “Scab” no strike, non TUC Royal College of Nursing,????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-17788062145530311572007-09-16T18:35:00.000+01:002007-09-16T18:35:00.000+01:00Dinosaurs were incredibly succesful -and only wipe...Dinosaurs were incredibly succesful -and only wiped out by a major change in the climate. Maybe that is what Brown is planning at the next Labour Conference.<br><br>But it is odd that UNISON seems to forget that we really do recruit members when we take a stand and are seen to be active -as opposed to being paper tigers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com