Similarly, another point for employees striking is that better relationships are made between employees and employers. This could be because, when workers strike for higher pay or better conditions and their employers meet their demands, the employees return work with higher morale than before the strike. As both employers and employees were friends, productivity could be increased, and a happier working environment would follow.
Likewise, industrial action gives the worker a chance to protest against unfair hours or poor wages. High pathetically, if taking industrial action was abolished, the employers could make up any terms and contract changes that they wished on their employees. On the contrary, in reality the only effective option that workers have when their company underpays is to walk out for a protest. This would ensure that the employers would have to negotiate with the employees, as loosing workers is a big downfall for any company.
After all these sources suggesting Industrial action should possible action for employees to strike, I think that to take away a person’s right to strike would be dangerous and cause chaos in Britain’s Society…
On the other hand some people would argue that industrial action causes disruption to the general public because of the services that are interrupted, for instance bus and train services. Although this is true, the disorganization would turn the media spotlight on the employers, forcing them to give in to public pressure and accept their employee's demands.
Another point against workers having the right to strike is that is causes so much chaos. When the refuge collectors take industrial action, mess is piled up in the streets and makes Britain look very untidy.
Similarly striking can be very dangerous as was noted when the Fire Service set up picket lines. The army had to take over the job of the fire service and this meant that less skilled workers were having to work serious jobs and this resulted in quite a lot of trouble. Many fires did a lot more damage than they would’ve done if the fire service had been in operation.
After compiling all of this information and reading through it, I would say that there is no reason why employees should not be able to strike. There are so many reasons in this essay alone that tell of why it is more than right to strike but that it is extremely important to do so if there is danger involved. Furthermore, if conditions got very bad in a working place people would have to strike to stay healthy or even to not be in danger of losing there life!
Overall I think you cannot deny that all workers should have the rights to strike. Obviously as Britain is a democratic nation, surely all people’s have the right to put forward there arguments in the form of striking.
Daniel Wild
Sources.
I compiled my information from 3 main websites:
