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Shannon air-traffic controller strike

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Friday March 28, 2003 11:01author by kokomero Report this post to the editors

What is the anti-war movement doing about preventing an additional 150,000 American troops from arriving in Iraq to massacre Iraqis?

Almost every year French and Spanish railway workers and air-traffic controllers cause travel chaos for holiday makers.

Why can't we pressure the Irish air-traffic controllers union into striking or refusing to handle American air-traffic.

This action should be simple to implement, is completely peaceful, involves no damage to property and eminently serves the purpose of making it as difficult as possible for Anglo-American troops to arrive in Iraq.

If the air-traffic controllers will not strike a picket on the staff entrances to the airports could serve the same purpose of disrupting American troop-carrier landings and overflights!

What do you think?

author by Pat Cpublication date Fri Mar 28, 2003 11:06author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Why did they refuse to lobby the ICTU conference?

author by LordFlash - Citizenpublication date Fri Mar 28, 2003 11:36author address author phone Report this post to the editors

this is their bread and butter you are talking about. The Shannon stovers are in their interest as it generates business and jobs for them.
It's the same for anyone who works in the region. I guess you could say that you are barking up the wrong bush.... (yeah I know, stolen from Homer Simpson)

author by Joe H.publication date Fri Mar 28, 2003 12:21author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Start somewhere dont leave it to unions - or SP or Labour - get the 'virtual warriors' on the job.

Eh Joe
- whatcha doing with that (mega)phone in your hand
-gonna shoot some activists down
-cos I caught them messing around with another plan

author by pat cpublication date Fri Mar 28, 2003 14:32author address author phone Report this post to the editors

the virtual warriors are on the job. we lobbied the ICTU conference on Wednesday. The SP were active in their armchairs.

author by GKpublication date Fri Mar 28, 2003 15:47author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Pat I am fucking sick and tired of your crap. The SP are not armchair activists, if you had bothered to get away from your keyboard you would have seen that the SP have been very active in the anti war movement.

Maybe the SP didn't lobby the ICTU conference because we had no delegates or were involved in other work. Maybe you could have considered this? We can't be everywhere at everytime. You are just absolutly ridiclous.

If I got on and kept on saying that Pat Corcoran didn't do this and didn't do the other you would be going mad and denouncing me as a mad trot. But when you do it it is ok. Pat you're a fool

You really do have an irrational problem with the SP, my advice is that you need to seek some help.

author by Pat Cpublication date Fri Mar 28, 2003 16:46author address author phone Report this post to the editors

"Pat I am fucking sick and tired of your crap. The SP are not armchair activists, if you had bothered to get away from your keyboard you would have seen that the SP have been very active in the anti war movement."

I have proven that i am not an armchair activist, you are an anonymous fool.

Why wont the SP puiblically defend their inaction?

"Maybe the SP didn't lobby the ICTU conference because we had no delegates or were involved in other work. Maybe you could have considered this? We can't be everywhere at everytime. You are just absolutly ridiclous. "

This is nonsense. The SP voted against the lobby at the IAWM meeting last sunday. You dont have to have delegates at a conference to lobby it.

"If I got on and kept on saying that Pat Corcoran didn't do this and didn't do the other you would be going mad and denouncing me as a mad trot. But when you do it it is ok. Pat you're a fool"

The SP have counterposed strike action to Direct ACtion. Your attempt at insults are pathetic.

"You really do have an irrational problem with the SP, my advice is that you need to seek some help."

once again the SP show that they wont answer questions, they just resort to personal abuse.


author by sp hot airpublication date Fri Mar 28, 2003 17:20author address author phone Report this post to the editors

obviously the sp has very little influence with da werkers

author by GKpublication date Fri Mar 28, 2003 23:39author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Of course the SP have little impact among workers, the SP is a very small organisation. I make no apologies for that.

Pat, if you are around tomorrow at the demo, I am going to take up these points and your vitriolic crap against the SP with you in person.

author by Lets march again in Dublinpublication date Sat Mar 29, 2003 00:21author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Yeah thats it lets march around Dublin that'll stop them planes

author by kokomeropublication date Sat Mar 29, 2003 08:24author address author phone Report this post to the editors

This bickering is pathetic.

Marching will do no good. The politicians are ignoring it.

It is much better to prevent airports from functioning by preventing staff fom getting in and/or convincing staff and/or their unions not to allow the planes to enter the country, and if they do not to refuel or resupply them.

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