Arriva North West bus strike

[Bevan Price]

RE: Potential Arriva North West bus strike
Indefinite / prolonged strikes are a dumb thing to do. Workers can lose far more money than they can ever hope to gain by improved offers.

So, Arriva Yorkshire drivers were on strike for a month ? That means they have lost roughly 8% of their annual wages (unless their TU fully makes up for their "lost" money.) Chances of getting the current pay offer to be increased by 8% above the existing offer ? Zilch.

Yes, I have sympathy for drivers - they deserve better pay offers. But they have to consider financial reality - will they lose more than they gain by having prolonged strikes - or are they just assisting militant TU leaders to pursue futile pseudo-political aims ?

Also long strikes will lose customers (passengers), further increasing the chance of service reduction - and consequential lost jobs. Remember how Scargill thought he was invincible - but helped to destroy the coal industry ?

Perhaps they ought to contemplate ways of inconveniencing the employer - Arriva - without going on strike and losing wages ?