Public Sector Strike(s)

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Jack_Johnson_the_acorn wrote: »

Haha, no I think I'll stay in the public sector and you can continue to pay my pension, thanks though....... x

Erm, think you will find, you will be paying more, for longer, to recieve much, much less in the very near future. Dry your eyes princess. :rotfl:

macaque_2

Apparently most most of the strikers went off christmas shopping yesterday. What a hoot.

Oh dear! What Vic Feather would have said. All the comrades rushing off to the shops in their Zafiras instead of manning the picket lines.

Husband: I thought you were manning picket lines today darling.

Wife: Shut up and give me some help. There are three cases of wine, a turkey, two sides of beef and a box of christmas decorations in the back of the car. Go and get them now please. I need to put my feet up.

Husband: Yes dear. By the way, will there be any more strikes?

Wife: Well of course you idiot! This is a matter of principle.

Husband: So when's the next one?

Wife: Early January when the sales are ............. ah ...... er erm, oh next year dear.

tonycottee

elantan wrote: »

... up until now i supported the public sector all the way ...

SingleSue wrote: »

I was supportive of them until today...

And what form did your support take?

bigheadxx

The last roar of the union dinosaurs turned out to be a little yap from a Yorkshire Terrier. They know their best days are behind them and that without Labour doling out the cash for the forseeable future their viability is in question. Further strikes will eliminate public support altogether and if the so called strike of strike can muster such unenthusiastic support then the next one is already dead in the water. Settle now with dignity or set yourselves on the highway to extinction.

Jimmy_31

elantan wrote: »

i have not had a pay rise in over 5 years now .. so i am effectively earing less now that i was ... i have been told not to expect one for the foreseeable fututre ...i earn £2 ( poss more) an hour less than my unqualified counterpart in the public sector ( i'm fully qualified) i have lost all but ssp sick pay benefits ... i have lost two days annual leave ...

where is this magic 8-10% you talk about ? cause it sure aint happening in my work place ... and many others that i know

and i would like to just add ... atleast you get a pension ... i get nadda zilch zip all ... nothing and when i first started working i was due to retire at 60 currently i am 67 but i have no doubt it will go up again ... i tell ya what ... i'll swap jobs with a public sector worker for a year and we can see who gets the better deal ... are you offering ?

Same here.

I am self employed in the construction industry so recieve no pensions, contracts, holiday pay, sick pay and i have had nothing but pay cuts for the last few years and the workload has got to the stage were lots of the old timers on site have had to stop working.

The union i am in (ucatt) have been trying to get workers in the construction industry an earlier retirement age as most cant keep working till they are 65 or 67 as it is now.

I dont think the government has given a thought to 67 year old men working on a roof in freezing conditions when its pi55ing down.

grizzly1911

Jimmy_31 wrote: »

I dont think the government has given a thought

That's all you need to say and I agree with you.

They don't really care at the micro level.

Bit like the rebels in Lybia shooting in the air, they have fired off lots of cuts to the average Joe, public and private and don't give a damn if they all fall in one place.

They have never had to experience the hand to mouth existence, with a falling quality of life, they are inflicting on many.

Jimmy_31

grizzly1911 wrote: »

That's all you need to say and I agree with you.

They don't really care at the micro level.

Bit like the rebels in Lybia shooting in the air, they have fired off lots of cuts to the average Joe, public and private and don't give a damn if they all fall in one place.

They have never had to experience the hand to mouth existence, with a falling quality of life, they are inflicting on many.

I dont even think they have noticed that the average working man is getting quite angry at them.

SingleSue

tonycottee wrote: »

And what form did your support take?

Mentally and verbally...not sure what other kind of support I could take to be honest, I'm not the tub thumping type.

leveller2911

Jimmy_31 wrote: »

I dont even think they have noticed that the average working man is getting quite angry at them.

Thats not the sort of language you normally hear on sites.... Very articulate Jimmy......:D

Jimmy_31

leveller2911 wrote: »

Thats not the sort of language you normally hear on sites.... Very articulate Jimmy......:D

That was me posh talk in case mr cameron was reading it.:)

I would love him to come for one of them handshake visits to a site i was working on. His hand would end up covered in all kinds:rotfl:


Did you see him with his rigger boots on ? he was doing it wrong:rotfl: