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- Ligne n°2 : Until recently, changes in the attitudes of employers and employees, backed up by a steady stream of legislation, have significantly reduced the number of damaging strikes taking place in the UK. Now, however, strikes, the threat of strikes and other forms of militant industrialaction have been threatened in the health service, public transport and teaching professions.
Ligne n°3 : Industrial disputes are once again an increasingly frequent occurrence, though many remain out of the spotlight of widespread press and media attention. Most disputes are local, short-lived and over minor issues, and do not involve strike action. ...
Ligne n°5 : ...There are principles which can guide the Christian to a thought-out, biblically-consistent stance on issues which may arise. A study of the issues will help every employed Christian, whether on the shop-floor or in the professional world. It may well prove easier to consider them now, in a general way, detached from any particular dispute, since there is little enough time to think things through after a dispute has suddenly begun.- Ligne n°6 : The first priority is to judge the merits of the issue which has led to the dispute and the resultant industrialaction. How am I to do this?
Ligne n°7 : 1, Dispassionately. Many people tend to believe either that the management is always right, or that the workforce is always right. We need to guard against this, carefully finding out the facts, and judging the issues on those facts, before lining up on either or neither side of a dispute. ...
Ligne n°12 : ...Such Scriptures do not dictate whether or not a person should go on strike. They help to judge the case presented on either side. They help us to understand God’s view of the issues. The Bible is not an industrial relations manual, but as we find out what pleases God, we shall be better equipped to steer a faithful course through disputes which may arise in our workplace.- Ligne n°13 : Second, how does industrialaction fit in with a Christian understanding of what work is?
Ligne n°14 : The Bible strongly advocates work as part of the normal Christian life, and gives several reasons for this. ...
Ligne n°17 : ...3. Work is a discipline against idleness and its harmful effects (2 Thessalonians 3:6,12).- Ligne n°18 : How, if at all, would these principles be threatened by our involvement in the various kinds of industrialaction open to an employee?
Ligne n°19 : Third, where do my loyalties lie? ...
Ligne n°25 : ...In these circumstances it would be most helpful for the Christian involved in an industrial dispute to inform his or her church leaders about it, and to listen to any advice they are able to offer. If the details can be explained to the whole church by the church officers, it would result not only in better understanding, but prayer, sympathy and encouragement for the fellow-member. There are few worse experiences for a Christian than to believe that he is acting correctly in difficult circumstances, and yet to be under criticism from his fellow-Christians for doing it.- Ligne n°26 : Fourth, how will involvement in industrialaction affect my witness?
Ligne n°27 : One definition of Christian witness might be ‘commending Christ by life and word’. By this definition, witness occurs every day, and involves both what we do and whet we say. But it is not essentially about pleasing people, or persuading them to agree with you. It is about commending Christ. A Christian is not a better witness because he takes a particular view of an industrial dispute. His best witness at this, as at any other, time is a life consistent with his profession of faith and biblical principle lived in the face of the pressures, temptations and attitudes which surround him. ...
Ligne n°29 : ...The test of a Christian’s witness is not whether people agree with his words and actions, but whether what he says and does commends the reality of his faith and testimony. The way we are viewed by people, and therefore our witness, is affected by three elements which are always important, but which are particularly relevant to the conduct of a Christian in an industrial dispute.- Ligne n°30 : 1, The importance of communication. Can you explain to people in simple terms consistent with God’s Word why you are taking part, or not taking part, in industrialaction? Be careful how you do this, for it is easy to appear strangely apologetic. When someone says, ‘I must take this line, because of what God says,’ it can easily seem as though he is saying, ‘I would not choose this path myself, but since I am a Christian and have to do what God says, I haven’t any choice.’ This attitude is that of a reluctant follower, distancing himself from God. It betrays an empty legalism which carries no credibility whatever and spoils witness. We do not only follow God’s way because he says so, but because we believe he is right.
Ligne n°31 : 2. The manner of your speaking. Is your conversational tone godly and restrained? Is it generous to those who hold the view with which you disagree? Christians are not good witnesses when they are polemical, bigoted or immoderate in their demeanour or speech, nor when they are poor listeners to other views. ...