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The result of a historic vote by police officers on whether to seek the right to take industrial action are set to be revealed.

The outcome could set the Coalition Government on a collision course with rank and file policemen and women across England and Wales following rows over spending cuts.

At present it is illegal for police officers to take industrial action - the last official strike was believed to be in 1919.

Everyone should have the right to strike

And like most who do vote to strike many will go in

The best thing any union body can do to really muck of the works of a company etc., is to work to rule. Do only the hours you are paid to do, and only the job you were employed to do and certainly do no overtime.

This is often far more effectivet han strike action. It makes employers aware of just how much goodwill on the part of their employees they actually rely on to keep the 'business' going.

Should Police Officers Have The Right To Strike ?

My answer is NO, If you allow the police to strike they will undoubtedly use strike action to hold the country to Ransom at some point and in the end the first priority for any government is the safety and security of its population,

If you change the law for the police then you would need to extend these rights to include the armed forces IMHO

Roy

The ballot failed as it did not meet the required threshold

l agree with PigletsPal


jude :-)

NO i think this is a surcurity issue

Maybe we should be asking an ex Miner,Steel Worker, Car worker or Ship Builder even ex Textile Workers etc,etc,They may know just how much striking has done for them in the last 30 yrs. :-(

OK El_Tigre, You have asked so i shall answer,

I come from a long line of miners from Yorkshire and worked down the pits myself,

Strikes never worked in the long term, In fact the ability to strike and the manipulation of the miners by their own union for political gain has IMHO contributed to the closing of coal mines in the UK,

Roy

No, I think, police, military and even Firemen should not have a right to strike. Work to rule yes but anything that puts lives at risk should be curbed.

And, as has been said strikes rarely solve anything.

Porkie_Pie, I also come from a long line of miners, and many who I knew said that the Miners Strike played into the hands of Margaret Thatcher who deliberately allowed the strike to drag on as she wanted to use it to crush the Trade Unions.

OFTG, The trade unions did it to themselves they didnt need any help from Margaret Thatcher, Just about all my ex mining mates still slag her off but offered the chance to go back down the pit all bare none would accept that offer, Just the same as miners in the past have not wanted their son's to work down the pit.

Roy

Porkie_Pie,

Going off topic, but my grandfather was seriously injured in a pit accident in 1952 and rushed to hospital where he died from his injuries a couple of days later, just before he died he made my mother promise that she would never allow either my brother or me to go down the pits, she kept that promise and we moved well away from the mining areas.

My dad was lucky he had a bad accident down the pit in the early 60's he was a ripper at the time and was buried when the lot came down on him, He survived but had several broken bones and broke his back in two places he was off work for i think abt 18 months

Roy