NATIONAL STRIKE, DOES IT HELP? August 7, 2008
Posted by frostygirl in Boycott.add a comment
Striking is good if it achieves what you want it to, but is this present national strike achieving that?
From what I understand they are striking because of high food, fuel and electricity prices. Therefore their grievance is against Eskom and the “fat cats” who set the prices of the various products.
If we now read of the chaos, looting, etc these striking workers are causing then one wonders by how much more the prices will be increased to accommodate the losses incurred.
Read this story:
and this one:
My thoughts are that if we really want to bring the prices down then we should consider a boycott of as many places as possible.
Stop buying luxury goods for one month!
If the whole nation goes on a diet i.e. only eat very BASIC foodstuffs and try to purchase as little as is humanly possible, the “fat cats” will feel it very quickly in their pockets and this might force them to reduce prices.
If you agree with the above idea, how about starting an email drive to all your friends asking all South Africans to STOP buying (as many goods as possible, especially luxury goods) for one month and see what effect it will have!
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