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		<title>GMB union confirms strike ballot over Corus mothballing</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBC News - GMB union confirms strike ballot over Corus mothballing.
Just what a company about to go under needs.*
I really don't understand unions sometimes.  They can be fantastic things, ensuring worker safety, decent working conditions etc. etc.  However they seem to pick the worst time to strike, which in the end will only make the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/8523382.stm">BBC News - GMB union confirms strike ballot over Corus mothballing</a>.</p>
<p>Just what a company about to go under needs.*</p>
<p>I really don't understand unions sometimes.  They can be fantastic things, ensuring worker safety, decent working conditions etc. etc.  However they seem to pick the worst time to strike, which in the end will only make the company they work for worse off, making less profit and able to employ less people in the long run.  For example see Royal Mail strike just before Christmas and BA attempted strike over Christmas (now on for Easter I think I have heard).</p>
<p>An honourable mention has to go to the RMT and TFL for going on strike so many god damn times that even if there were a legitimate safety concern or a legitimate and serious grievance no one would ever believe them.</p>
<p>Even people with the best intentions can be stupid sometimes.</p>
<p>*I have no idea how Corus are doing financially now, however a year ago they were laying thousands off and shutting just about everywhere down, it is probably a small miracle they still exist at all.</p>
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