The attacks on RMT leader Bob Crow by certain parts of the media highlights the short-sighted and pathetic state the "established media" is in. We are in a recession, lots of jobs are being lost, if you are a member of a trade union you would expect your executive to fight your corner and prevent job losses. There is no one better than Bob Crow to fight hard in these austere economic times.
Bob Crow is fighting to keep men and women in his union in employment, and he is not prepared to back down until a solution is agreed. What is wrong with that? The workers of the Cheltenhem and Gloucester, HBOS who have lost their jobs, of no fault of their own would have opted for Bob Crow over any other leader to help them keep their jobs.
What this strike has highlighted, and the London Daily News was consistently pro-Boris is Mayor Johnson inability to engage and calmly deal with the unions.
Not able to sit down and engage in a meaningful process of dialogue with the trade unions or even have a strategy to resolve this problem. It emerged in an article in Evening Standard by Stephen Robinson that the Mayor has "next to nothing to do with overseeing the strike” but is left to Peter Hendy of TfL. Why is the Mayor not personally dealing with this mess?
It looks like an old fashioned style power struggle, who controls London, Boris or Bob? It looks like the Millwall supporter is ahead.
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