Originally Posted by
poopplop
So they either sold the scope on purpose, or sold it by accident because they were fooled by management. Either way is bad, and the history is set in stone. I don't see why grown men can't acknowledge the mistakes they made in the past, which are the same mistakes they outwardly claim they won't make again in the future.
The problem with this black/white logic, current in all spheres of interest, is that it leads to no compromise and thus no contract would ever be signed.
That’s why I find it hard to fully blame and call that generation sell outs, compromise was required. Bankruptcy is too powerful a tool against workers who can’t strike to lay all responsibility at their feet.
As I have said repeatedly, it was a long, painful (for everyone, even said “sell outs”) result, that hopefully we as a profession learned from. But I hope you maintain your strong fight against giving up scope, we will need it. The new threats are unforeseen though, so it’s not always easy to avoid accidentally selling out as you say.