Should the EA Lock keepers go on strike ?

Captain Coochie

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It seems to me that the EA have alot of things to run and housing lock keepers is a PITA to them but if they get rid of the onsite lock keeper what do they do when the river is in flood ? Mobile phones are great but if you cant get to the lock for flood water then they are only good for talking about it .
I am not a fan of strikes but i think the EA need a big kick up the arse for this one and maybe sack a few bosses rather than workers !
 
If the EA lock keepers decide that strike action is the right way forward for them in the current situation, then I would support them in whatever way I could - be it financial, boycotts ... whatever. However, I am not convinced that we should expect them to strike - and thus lose money - to defend a service which we want, and to which they may, or may not, be committed. If we, as users of the Thames, want lock keepers, then it is our responsibility to press EA for their retention and we should take whatever action we consider necessary towards that end.

We should, in other words, fight our own battles.
 
I cannot condone strikes at any time. In this particular case the Keepers would only hurt themselves financially. The powers that be will only smirk and add up the savings they are making by not paying wages. The only people hurt will be the boater and the Lockies.
 
No a strike won't achieve anything, but perhaps we boaters should strike instead. Refuse to pay our licenses next year, afterall soon there won't be anybody to check them anyway so the EA will loose even more income.
 
Who's going to nick you? if lockeepers are not there and the patrol boats are disappearing too, nowhere left to maintain them.
Unlicensed boats will be a serious issue in a couple of years.
 
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