Originally Posted by Glenn A:
“It's just over 34 years since the biggest strike in television history occured and ITV was off air for ten weeks, meaning viewers only had two BBC channels to watch and quite a lot of people became angry at losing shows such as Coronation St and Crossroads. It was also odd seeing a blue caption on ITV stating it was off air and it seemed like the strike was going on forever. Anyone else have memories of this strike?”
I remember that happening - I was 7 at the time, but I don't remember power cuts from earlier in the '70s, partly because I was too young to remember and partly because I didn't rely on electricity as I do now. If all the power went off on a regular basis, I'd be well pissed off.
If Snake Plissken really did shut down the Earth, I'd be bored as hell!
Originally Posted by lotrjw:
“What do you think would happen today, if staff of a TV company, like ITV, were that peed off at the management? I cant see a full scale strike happening today!”
It would never happen again. There's a recession and if someone goes on strike, there's always someone else willing to step into their shoes.
Also, unions have no power any more. Wherever I've worked over the past 20 years, where strikes are possible, a strike doesn't mean picketing outside the workplace all day, it means having a lie-in and putting the Xbox on.