Anglo American Platinum fired 12,000 striking miners

[jonb]

My opinion on this is mixed. I don't think workers should have a right to "strike"; it goes against the entire point of signing a contract.

How do you know. Some contracts are written with a clause that means you do not have to follow the letter of the contract-

for instance

Any loopholes are effectively made invalid by this clause: "Atheist Forums reserves the right to enforce the following rules as the staff sees fit. This disclaimer is for the sake of allowing the spirit of the rules to trump any literal interpretation of the rules."

Consequently the strikers only have to operate within the spirit of the contract.