Strikes and protests everywhere. The NBA barely survived the death of a season. What's the next big strike? I predict that it will be in the transportation sector. That's the one that always brings things to a halt....literally.
"In a downward trending mass social mood, it's very likely that labor strikes will become very popular again. We might even see a professional sports strike in the next few years. An angry mob loves a strike and a picket line. The cycle will likely bring unions back to strength as fear and anger 'drives the herd closer together'".
Random Roving, November 24, 2009
Showing posts with label labor strikes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label labor strikes. Show all posts
Friday, December 16, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Now The Prisoners?
"In a downward trending mass social mood, it's very likely that labor strikes will become very popular again. We might even see a professional sports strike in the next few years. An angry mob loves a strike and a picket line. The cycle will likely bring unions back to strength as fear and anger 'drives the herd closer together'."
Random Roving, November 24, 2009
We barely escaped the NFL. The NBA isn't looking good. Now the darn prisoners are striking!!
"A hunger strike conducted by California prison inmates has swelled to 12,000 participants, advocates for the inmates tell the Los Angeles Times."
Source: LA Times
Now how can we convince the prisoners to continue this strike for a really long time?
Random Roving, November 24, 2009
We barely escaped the NFL. The NBA isn't looking good. Now the darn prisoners are striking!!
"A hunger strike conducted by California prison inmates has swelled to 12,000 participants, advocates for the inmates tell the Los Angeles Times."
Source: LA Times
Now how can we convince the prisoners to continue this strike for a really long time?
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Right On Track
"In a downward trending mass social mood, it's very likely that labor strikes will become very popular again. We might even see a professional sports strike in the next few years. An angry mob loves a strike and a picket line. The cycle will likely bring unions back to strength as fear and anger 'drives the herd closer together'"
Random Roving, November 24, 2009
"Unable to decide how to divvy up $9 billion a year, NFL owners and players put the country's most popular sport in limbo by breaking off labor negotiations hours before their contract expired. At midnight, as Friday became Saturday, the owners locked out the players -- creating the NFL's first work stoppage since 1987 and putting the 2011 season in jeopardy."
Source: TH Online
"Union leaders say they plan to use the passage of anti-union legislation in Wisconsin to fire up working people nationwide. The measure approved today takes away most bargaining rights for most public workers in Wisconsin. Union leaders say they'll mount a major counterattack against Republicans at the ballot box in 2012."
Source: 9&10 New
Random Roving, November 24, 2009
"Unable to decide how to divvy up $9 billion a year, NFL owners and players put the country's most popular sport in limbo by breaking off labor negotiations hours before their contract expired. At midnight, as Friday became Saturday, the owners locked out the players -- creating the NFL's first work stoppage since 1987 and putting the 2011 season in jeopardy."
Source: TH Online
"Union leaders say they plan to use the passage of anti-union legislation in Wisconsin to fire up working people nationwide. The measure approved today takes away most bargaining rights for most public workers in Wisconsin. Union leaders say they'll mount a major counterattack against Republicans at the ballot box in 2012."
Source: 9&10 New
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
The French Join The Trend
Last month it was the Spaniards, now the French rise up.
"After days of rail disruption, unions are putting on the pressure before Wednesday’s Senate vote on President Nicolas Sarkozy’s unpopular pension reforms. He is refusing to back down over a two-year retirement age hike, but so too are the unions. Didier Le Reste of the CGT union warned of more strike action. The start of the week will see a widening of the strike, with more sustained action in sectors such as road transport, energy, postal and telecommunications and public service and commerce,” he said. Fears that the two major airports in Paris could run out of fuel in the next 48 hours have been dispelled by the government despite blockades at France’s 12 refineries. However supply shortages could hit elsewhere by mid-week with depots in the south west already depleted by an unrelated stoppage."
Source: Euronews
"In a downward trending mass social mood, it's very likely that labor strikes will become very popular again. We might even see a professional sports strike in the next few years. An angry mob loves a strike and a picket line. The cycle will likely bring unions back to strength as fear and anger 'drives the herd closer together'."
Random Roving, November 24, 2009, "Three Strikes You're Out"
"After days of rail disruption, unions are putting on the pressure before Wednesday’s Senate vote on President Nicolas Sarkozy’s unpopular pension reforms. He is refusing to back down over a two-year retirement age hike, but so too are the unions. Didier Le Reste of the CGT union warned of more strike action. The start of the week will see a widening of the strike, with more sustained action in sectors such as road transport, energy, postal and telecommunications and public service and commerce,” he said. Fears that the two major airports in Paris could run out of fuel in the next 48 hours have been dispelled by the government despite blockades at France’s 12 refineries. However supply shortages could hit elsewhere by mid-week with depots in the south west already depleted by an unrelated stoppage."
Source: Euronews
"In a downward trending mass social mood, it's very likely that labor strikes will become very popular again. We might even see a professional sports strike in the next few years. An angry mob loves a strike and a picket line. The cycle will likely bring unions back to strength as fear and anger 'drives the herd closer together'."
Random Roving, November 24, 2009, "Three Strikes You're Out"
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Now That's What I'm Talkin' Bout
And the Tea Party is fired up about 86,000 people at the Glenn Beck "love-fest"??? The French are leading the charge.
"In the fourth such protest in a little over a month, unions estimated that 3.5 million people had taken to the streets against President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension bill – a 20 per cent rise from previous marches and what they called an 'exceptional' figure."
Source: Telegraph UK
Now we're starting to talk about something tangible!
"In a downward trending mass social mood, it's very likely that labor strikes will become very popular again. We might even see a professional sports strike in the next few years. An angry mob loves a strike and a picket line. The cycle will likely bring unions back to strength as fear and anger 'drives the herd closer together'."
Random Roving, "Three Strikes You're Out", November 29, 2009
"In the fourth such protest in a little over a month, unions estimated that 3.5 million people had taken to the streets against President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension bill – a 20 per cent rise from previous marches and what they called an 'exceptional' figure."
Source: Telegraph UK
Now we're starting to talk about something tangible!
"In a downward trending mass social mood, it's very likely that labor strikes will become very popular again. We might even see a professional sports strike in the next few years. An angry mob loves a strike and a picket line. The cycle will likely bring unions back to strength as fear and anger 'drives the herd closer together'."
Random Roving, "Three Strikes You're Out", November 29, 2009
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Spaniards Strike
"Spain's first general strike for eight years, a protest against the Socialist government's public spending cuts and easier hire-and-fire laws, had a limited impact beyond disrupting transport and some factories. Spanish unions said 10 million people, or more than half the workforce, were on strike. The government gave no numbers."
Source: Reuters
Now that's what I call a strike. More than half the workforce. Wow!
"In a downward trending mass social mood, it's very likely that labor strikes will become very popular again. We might even see a professional sports strike in the next few years. An angry mob loves a strike and a picket line. The cycle will likely bring unions back to strength as fear and anger 'drives the herd closer together'."
Random Roving, November 24, 2009
Source: Reuters
Now that's what I call a strike. More than half the workforce. Wow!
"In a downward trending mass social mood, it's very likely that labor strikes will become very popular again. We might even see a professional sports strike in the next few years. An angry mob loves a strike and a picket line. The cycle will likely bring unions back to strength as fear and anger 'drives the herd closer together'."
Random Roving, November 24, 2009
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Strike Update
"Does the British Airways strike signal a 'change in trend'? The tea partiers probably think so. Stay tuned."
Random Roving, March 27, 2010
Random Roving, March 27, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Buenos Días Amigo
It appears that Spain is the next crisis. Are we ready amigos?
"Now, the tide has shifted. Keep an eye on the EU. As Greece, Spain, and others continue to feel 'the pain', their partners in the EU will continue to ask 'why are we being dragged down by them?'"
Random Roving, March 30, 2010
"Spain's Socialist government is seeing its political power erode as it struggles to chart a path out of deep financial trouble, failing so far to satisfy conflicting demands to cut its budget and stimulate job creation. The coming months could bring far more problems as Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero reforms the country's labor market, risking national strikes and the loss of support from trade unions, a core source of his center-left party's strength. Zapatero's minority government is already running into serious trouble, although there appears to be no immediate threat of it falling. A package of austerity measures passed by only one vote in parliament's lower chamber Thursday and the Fitch Ratings agency downgraded Spanish debt on Friday. Opposition parties have called for new elections."
Source: Associated Press
"The focus of Europe’s problem is rapidly shifting from Greece to Spain, one of the world’s largest economies.”
Source: The New York Times
"Concern about Spain's medium-term growth prospects was the main factor behind a decision to downgrade the rating of the country's sovereign debt, Brian Coulton, Fitch Rating's head of Europe, Middle East and Africa ratings said on Tuesday."
Source: iMarket News
Keep an eye on the P.I.I.G.S. (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain)
"Now, the tide has shifted. Keep an eye on the EU. As Greece, Spain, and others continue to feel 'the pain', their partners in the EU will continue to ask 'why are we being dragged down by them?'"
Random Roving, March 30, 2010
"Spain's Socialist government is seeing its political power erode as it struggles to chart a path out of deep financial trouble, failing so far to satisfy conflicting demands to cut its budget and stimulate job creation. The coming months could bring far more problems as Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero reforms the country's labor market, risking national strikes and the loss of support from trade unions, a core source of his center-left party's strength. Zapatero's minority government is already running into serious trouble, although there appears to be no immediate threat of it falling. A package of austerity measures passed by only one vote in parliament's lower chamber Thursday and the Fitch Ratings agency downgraded Spanish debt on Friday. Opposition parties have called for new elections."
Source: Associated Press
"The focus of Europe’s problem is rapidly shifting from Greece to Spain, one of the world’s largest economies.”
Source: The New York Times
"Concern about Spain's medium-term growth prospects was the main factor behind a decision to downgrade the rating of the country's sovereign debt, Brian Coulton, Fitch Rating's head of Europe, Middle East and Africa ratings said on Tuesday."
Source: iMarket News
Keep an eye on the P.I.I.G.S. (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Take Me Out To The Ballgame
"Does the British Airways strike signal a "change in trend"? The tea partiers probably think so. Stay tuned."
Random Roving, "Three Strikes You're Out", March 27, 2010
"Greeks walked off the job on Wednesday in a nationwide strike against the government's austerity measures, as Germany's chancellor said that Europe's future depended on helping Greece emerge from its debt crisis. No planes, trains or ferries operated in Greece, as hospitals, schools and public offices were also shut, according to media reports. The nation's two leading unions, representing the public and the private sectors, have called the strike to protest what they see as unfair and harsh measures aimed at lowering the soaring Greek deficit"
Source: Market Watch
Random Roving, "Three Strikes You're Out", March 27, 2010
"Greeks walked off the job on Wednesday in a nationwide strike against the government's austerity measures, as Germany's chancellor said that Europe's future depended on helping Greece emerge from its debt crisis. No planes, trains or ferries operated in Greece, as hospitals, schools and public offices were also shut, according to media reports. The nation's two leading unions, representing the public and the private sectors, have called the strike to protest what they see as unfair and harsh measures aimed at lowering the soaring Greek deficit"
Source: Market Watch
Saturday, March 27, 2010
3 Strikes, You're Out
Reading about the British Airways strike over the past week made me realize that organized labor strikes don't occur that much anymore. The last significant one that I remember was when The Gipper defeated the air traffic controllers. I quickly had the Google Elves do some research, and sure enough since 1980 (the beginning of the SuperSizeMe Era), strikes have basically been nonexistent....interesting. Does the British Airways strike signal a "change in trend"? The tea partiers probably think so. Stay tuned.
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