On Dec 13, 1:20 pm, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 13, 12:23 pm, Medgya <medgya...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 12, 11:45 pm, rcaetano <rafael.caet...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I know a company where something like that happened. They wanted a
> > > raise and decided to do a strike, but apparently didn't want to
> > > anything as harsh as, er, not showing up to work. So they started
> > > leaving on time.
>
> > That's very clever! Something to keep in mind...
>
> In the "heady days" when unions represented more than half the
> participants in the full-time paid workforce of Australia, a campaign
> like this was called "Work to rules". If it wasn't agreed to in
> contract, you didn't do it. When time was up, you downed tools and
> clocked off.

I see. But in the company I mentioned, the problem was not unpaid
overtime (apparently overtime is always paid there). They simply
wanted a raise.

Rafael Caetano