Strikes over use of foreign workers

hethmar

Thats not quite the same movilogo. The chinese are in their own country working under local conditions and pay rates.

In these instances we have a local workforce who is unable to find work and yet people are being imported to do the jobs they can.

And Im sorry but the old chestnut about immigrants being prepared to do low paid work Brits wont do, is really an urban legend. They see that as a temporary state. Many will dump the jobs and go on the s.s. as soon as they are eligible or go home when they have enough saved. They dont see it as a long term choice. You only have to walk round any big city and see the groups of unemployed young immigrants standing around smoking and chatting all day - there must be unskilled jobs they could do, so why arent they?

PROLIANT

This is because our government is weak, where is the iron lady when you need her?

hethmar

We are fast becoming the laughing stock of the world.

gingerdad

The best resolution to this is to sack all those idiots on strike. Many British companies tender and work overseas, it should work both ways.

There are plenty of other people who would like the jobs of all those on strike. We are such a great country but constantly the laughing stock of the world.

GD

antenna

We are the laughing stock of the world because we lay down and let the rest of the world walk all over us,these italian workers are of no use to the british economy,all their wages will be sent home to italy,no local hotels/guesthouses will benefit,as they are all living on the ship....I have heard that if the strikers get out of hand the uk government will get the french police over to show us how its done...............

Errata

Local workers working locally add to the economy of the locality and it's social capital. Foreign workers housed and isolated in a floating shed on a short term contract do neither.

gingerdad

antenna wrote: »

We are the laughing stock of the world because we lay down and let the rest of the world walk all over us,these italian workers are of no use to the british economy,all their wages will be sent home to italy,no local hotels/guesthouses will benefit,as they are all living on the ship....I have heard that if the strikers get out of hand the uk government will get the french police over to show us how its done...............

and how many british workers are in italy or the UAE or Saudi or Spain or France.

gingerdad

Errata wrote: »

Local workers working locally add to the economy of the locality and it's social capital. Foreign workers housed and isolated in a floating shed on a short term contract do neither.

i agree they should at least be using b&b etc locally.

wendytiggermad

hethmar wrote: »

I think we are going to see more and more of these strikes/protests in the future. The British have sat by seeing millions of immigrants coming to this country when we cant even look after our own people. There was bound to be a backlash.

I totally agree.

Degenerate

gingerdad wrote: »

and how many british workers are in italy or the UAE or Saudi or Spain or France.

British workers in those other countries would typically be engineers recruited for their specialist skills, not the bulk labour force. Although they're trying to say the same applies here, it doesn't add up. These are structural steel-workers, welders etc, of which there are plenty available locally.

Again, the issue is not being allowed to apply - British workers being on the receiving end of discrimination. Why is it that people post in opposition to the protestors without addressing this point?