Re: lazy Belgians on strike 28/10/2005
B Vaughan<me@privacy.net> wrote:
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>On 27 Oct 2005 12:43:16 -0700, [email]michaelnewport@yahoo.com[/email] wrote:
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>>Yes its general strike time again in Belgium, on a Friday too.
>>The trains are running so that the strikers can get to Brussels to
>>demonstrate and drink beer. But no public transport in Brussels itself.[/color]
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>I've noticed that in Italy almost all transportation strikes are on a
>Friday or Monday and that they're heavily concentrated in summer when
>the weather's nice.[/color]
Why should strikers have to picket or demonstrate on cold wet days?
Does it in any way make their cause more or less worthy?
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PB
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