A retired corporate accountant (FTSE 500) once told me an interesting story of how cheques were passed from person to person during these strikes. Essentially if a cheque isn’t crossed, you can endorse it to the next payee. At the end of the strikes the cheques were honoured – he told me.

I think that effectively out lawing the ability for bank employees to strike, would be a retrograde democratic step. However permitting individuals to write a cheque on their bank account, which is not crossed provides an interesting old fashion prospective on a world obsessed with speed and haste.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_bank_strikes_1966–1976

Personally I think there is a big link between the “principle” of the uncrossed cheque and freedom?

Cheers Mark