Can you list 6 instances of strikes taking place over menial things!
I mean as you have posted the statement above you surely have some examples to back up that statement otherwise I claim that you are talking out of your derriere!
Calm down you've misunderstood my point, as someone who put 2 YES ticks in my ballot paper that has lead to this strike action, then I claim I am not talking out of my ass.
What I meant was, everyone (not just the railway here) should have the right to strike and fight for their T&Cs. But if that was to happen, the proper channels of negotiation should be followed first (which they always are for us rail folk).
Personally? I don't want to go out on strike "just" over a pay rise, I feel a overtime ban would be better for a disputes over pay. If they was making us redundant, or attacking T&Cs then a full strike walk out is needed. But as I have said thousands of times on this forum this is much more than a pay rise, but the public do not know and won't be told this. Nor will they probably care.
I haven't said anywhere that striking has happened over menial things. I fully support this action, and any previous strike action taken on the railway. I am just saying ANY strike action should be the most final action, and not over "small" things, again I reiterate. I'm not saying it ever has, just that it shouldn't happen.