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LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Mildly aggrieved lazy worker, but yeah.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
No, never been Plan C.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Yep, but it also varies from union to union - Unison, at least in HE, are leaving it for local branches to decide what action they're taking, so as someone who's on my local strike committee I'm actually involved in the discussions about when we should be going out. Which makes it a bit annoying not having the relevant info! How's things going RMT-wise, is the main rail mandate still live or are you having to reballot?
All I know is that the RMT are DEFINITELY wanting to be involved in any co-ordinated strikes but they also want to know what the company has to say about the pensions on 31st Jan. That wouldn't stop them announcing a strike for 1st Feb but as I say it's a legal requirement for unions to inform the company of any strikes first so you'll hear about it on the news first. Members grumble about this but it's the law.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
UCU doing 18 days in Feb and March (dates not yet finalised). No assessment and marking boycott before April
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
That's such a tough dilemma; IME usually best to stick with the best/biggest in your workplace...but wtf was NAS up to, not getting the required turnou?
Involving different branches spread out or a full all out 18 days?
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
The 18 days will be spread out - probably roughly 3 days a week for 6 weeks.
Not sure if different institutions will be doing different days - I'm going to guess not, but it is just a guess
I mean will everyone be doing the 18 days or will say x department be doing 4 days then y department doing 4 days etc etc.
If not, blimey and solidarity, that's harsh but probably the best way to get a result.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
The plan is for all members to do 18 days.
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
Jonathan gullis, unbelievably, was a teacher
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Yep, as above I was mostly just moaning about the dates not yet finalised bit, which leaves us in the position of having to set our own strike dates to try and coordinate with yours without actually knowing what they are. Seems like there's real pros and cons to running the strike in such a decentralised way (and it's surprising for Unison, normally quite a control-freaky union), on one hand it's great for rank-and-file control and member involvement, we actually had general meetings to vote on setting our strike dates for the first two rounds although timing means we can't do that this time, but on the other for a national dispute it would be nice to have our action a bit more nationally co-ordinated.
Anyway, in other news, anyone know anything about this? Just got it in an email from Strike Map:
I wonder who that’s a front for.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
I was guessing someone anarcho-y based on the da bit, but could be wrong?
Location wise I’m guessing Plan C. But I wasn’t aware they employed the Trot arts.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Yeah that was my guess as well tbh. The '70s is back in style wise as well.
muscovyduck
Good IT skills and food hygiene competent
Love a bit of graphic design detectivism 
Who else is using proton email? That's probably the best lead. Proton is the one privacy conscious people use
Who else is using proton email? That's probably the best lead. Proton is the one privacy conscious people use
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Oh, I'd been thinking "don't reckon it can be Plan C cos the graphic design isn't nice enough". But it could well be that their graphic designer has left, or is on holiday, or maybe just that I'm out of touch and that ugly shade of orange is what's considered cool now. As to whether they'd set up fronts, I reckon it's not unknown, from what I can remember I think Women's Strike, Feminist Anti-Fascist Assembly and some branches of Acorn were all campaigns Plan C comrades played a leading role in initiating.
muscovyduck
Good IT skills and food hygiene competent
To be fair it looks like it's fucking Calibri innit. Could be anyone. and it's centrally aligned, what self respecting graphic designer would do that?!?!?
I think they’re organised along the lines of people involved in other stuff meeting to collaborate. But obviously they do things as Plan C also. That font made me think of them and Bethnal Green but it is lacking white and pink.
Absolutely fuck knows!
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Thoughts from Notes from Below on winning the strike wave: How To Win The Current Strike Wave
Notes from Plan C.
Angry Workers' article on the NHS strike so far
www.angryworkers.org
Thoughts after the first round of NHS strikes - Angry Workers
The fact that, after three decades, nurses have gone on strike again in the UK is positive, at the same time we need to have a careful look at the weak points of the strike in order to learn for the future. The following impressions and thoughts after two days of industrial dispute are preliminary
www.angryworkers.org
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
They're not Plan C. I think one of 2 of the people that started it might have been or were at some point, but it's definitely not a Plan C project or front at all.
Are you a bit 'Plan C is behind everything' obsessed Magnus McGinty?!
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Angry Workers' article on the NHS strike so far
Thoughts after the first round of NHS strikes - Angry Workers
The fact that, after three decades, nurses have gone on strike again in the UK is positive, at the same time we need to have a careful look at the weak points of the strike in order to learn for the future. The following impressions and thoughts after two days of industrial dispute are preliminary
Lol, he's got me on ignore!
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