The British Airways strike continues - 131 flights already called off (as of this moment). Luckily the airline is a very resourceful one and thanks to good management techniques and transferring flights to other carriers it has only failed to serve 7% of all its passengers since the strike started. However, this scenario got me thinking... The UK is currently facing very high unemployment (around 8-9%). It should be no problem to find workers to replace those who are unhappy with their working conditions at BA! Why shouldn't the prudent management just fire all strikers and take on new employees? Of course I don't know what the cost of training the new employees would be - so maybe my idea is not viable. On the other hand I think this is on the whole a bit fishy. Labour Unions always cause this kind of mayhem which hurts everyone, employers and consumers alike. Unfortunately the EU seems to have introduced a hugely idiotic concept of "the right to strike"! What is this "right to strike" thing? If someone goes on strike they should be well aware that their employer might get impatient and find someone else to replace the striker. That would be the natural way of things. Sadly with all our national and international government (EU) meddling in union laws and regulations, the unions have taken over the labour market almost completely in some sectors.
Look how our world has turned upside down! Many people now earn not how much they're worth, but how much we can blackmail our employers for! And the employer has no right to say "Basta! That's enough! You're fired!"... Where has private property disappeared to?
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