The Great Olympic Walkout: Now Train Drivers AND Airport Immigration Staff Announce Strikes Which Will Hit Games -- Daily Mail* Aslef union will take industrial action over pensions on August 6, 7 and 8
* Thousands of staff at the Home Office, including airport immigration workers, will also stage a 24-hour strike the day before the opening of the Olympics
* Train company bosses are 'shocked and angry' strikes are being planned at time of 'great national pride' for country
* Aslef general secretary, Mick Whelan calls cutting pension contributions 'highly irresponsible'
* Transport Secretary Justine Greening: 'If there were an Olympic sport of self-interest, Aslef union leaders would win it hands down'
* Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt claims unions would be 'completely out of tune' with public mood if strike held during Games
* Labour leader Ed Miliband: 'People should not be striking during the Olympics. People should not be disrupting the Olympic Games'
* Members of RMT union on South West Trains reject strikes by narrow margin of four votes
Train drivers are planning a three-day strike during the Olympics in a move bound to cause chaos to those travelling to the Games.
Members of the Aslef union on East Midlands Trains will take industrial action over pensions on August 6, 7 and 8, when a number of athletics finals will be held in the Olympic Stadium.
The news comes as the Public and Commercial Services Union announced thousands of Home Office workers, including Border Agency staff, are to strike on July 26 and take other forms of action until August 20 in a row over jobs, pay and other issues.
David Cameron denounced the proposed strikes during London 2012 as not justifiable or right.
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My Comment: This is not good.
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People are fed up. Most common workers don't give a damn about the Olympics, and a lot of people I know in England feel the same way. They're fed up with the amount of money spent on not only providing security for the Olympics, but with the fiasco that is surrounding it along with the feeling that the Government is just throwing money away for the sake of pride.
A lot of the unions have been demanding better conditions for a while now and have had nothing but a stone-wall put in front of them. Striking during the Olympics simply gives them the media attention that they craved for.
I don't necessarily agree with it due to the chaos it will cause in terms of security, but I do agree it makes a lot more sense to strike during the event.
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