Diary of a trackworker: Back to the flying pickets?
Well, it’s been an interesting week and no mistake. Our picket lines have been well attended, with “spare” pickets going off and setting up lines we thought we wouldn’t be able to staff. Going back to the old days of flying pickets! At least in this area we don’t have a serious scab problem. But a lot of us are worrying about what comes next. The three days of strike [21, 23, 25 June] have had a massive impact, and now the union leadership seems to be dithering as to what, when, and where, the next series of actions will be. Also, there seems to be a serious reluctance on our leadership to...