"Striking, or looking for excuses to do so, will solve nothing."
Then what, in your opinion, will?
The government is not going to tax the rich to fill the vast hole in the economy caused by the greed and incompetence of those who control our lives. Instead, they will attempt to take more from us, cut the minimum wage, close hospitals, reduce pensions......
Nor will they attempt to stop bankers giving themselves huge bonuses out of our money, rather they will tell us that we have to pay for the best - little more than rubbing our noses in the heap of shit THEY have made of the economy.
In the half century I spent working for a living I never once had an employer come up and say to me "I've done well this year - take a rise in wages"; rather it was "take what you're given or go and find somewhere else".
The only negotiating power I ever had was my skill as a tradesman and the right to withdraw it.
The only "blind stupidity" would be not to recognise that right and be prepared to exercise it.
Perhaps you might like to suggest an alternative? If not, your statements are nothing more than a right-wing rant.
Jim Carroll