Then they came for me

There is an excellent passage in The Daily Morgue blog (written by an insider at the BBC), about the recent announcements that the BBC are laying off 6000 jobs, and moving a further 1700 people from Manchester to London.

He describes how when walking past BBC House, the day before the announcements, there was a Union Rep handing out leaflets about the impending bad news. The leaflet describes how increased levels of self-interest, coupled with the failure of the Unions to protect its workforce, has made the job losses inevitable.

(The title: First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.)