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Message for strikers

If you do not like the arrangements for pensions, please quit your jobs and make way for the millions of unemployed who do not mind, and want to work for a living rather than moan. Be glad just to have a job, and if the pension issue bothers you save up.
Wanted a job, now have one. :beer:
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  • *Gets the popcorn*
    The Googlewhacker referance is to Dave Gorman and not to my opinion of the search engine!

    If I give you advice it is only a view and always always take professional advice before acting!!!

    4 people on the ignore list....Bliss!
  • k66yla
    k66yla Posts: 351 Forumite
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    wantsajob wrote: »
    If you do not like the arrangements for pensions, please quit your jobs and make way for the millions of unemployed who do not mind, and want to work for a living rather than moan. Be glad just to have a job, and if the pension issue bothers you save up.
    :rotfl:theres always 1 :rotfl:
  • Trying to provoke a bit of controversy eh?

    This could get interesting lol
    Common sense?...There's nothing common about sense!
  • Andy7856
    Andy7856 Posts: 262 Forumite
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    Totally agree! Like all jobs if you are not happy with the pay/conditions etc then QUIT!!! simple! I am sure the pole population would be more than happy to do the work and not wine about having to pay more in THEIR pension for THEIR financial security in the future....

    Ok I have lit the touch paper...
  • DVardysShadow
    DVardysShadow Posts: 18,949 Forumite
    wantsajob wrote: »
    If you do not like the arrangements for pensions, please quit your jobs and make way for the millions of unemployed who do not mind, and want to work for a living rather than moan. Be glad just to have a job, and if the pension issue bothers you save up.
    The bankers have robbed the economy blind and people's pensions are being robbed. The last thing we need is some little quisling to lend legitimacy to it.
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  • wantsajob wrote: »
    If you do not like the arrangements for pensions, please quit your jobs and make way for the millions of unemployed who do not mind, and want to work for a living rather than moan. Be glad just to have a job, and if the pension issue bothers you save up.

    Sorry but I have very little time for anyone that says people should be lucky to have a job. Some of these people have worked for years in low paid NHS jobs on condition that they might get some sort of decent pension on retirement.

    At the time the NHS were grateful for anyone applying for these types of jobs and people were offered jobs on the spot as it was difficult to recruit. These people were in effect lied too by their employers as they took low wages in return for a decent pension

    They are now asked on top of their low paid wages to contribute an extra 3% of their salary and retire 2 years later then expected.

    Very nice :eek:
  • so wise. always turn the other cheek when something unfair's happening eh? genius
  • mickey54
    mickey54 Posts: 383 Forumite
    wantsajob wrote: »
    If you do not like the arrangements for pensions, please quit your jobs and make way for the millions of unemployed who do not mind, and want to work for a living rather than moan. Be glad just to have a job, and if the pension issue bothers you save up.

    And your position in life is???
  • Andy7856 wrote: »
    Totally agree! Like all jobs if you are not happy with the pay/conditions etc then QUIT!!! simple! I am sure the pole population would be more than happy to do the work and not wine about having to pay more in THEIR pension for THEIR financial security in the future....

    Ok I have lit the touch paper...

    Yes that's right Andy give the jobs to the Poles just so they can send the money back home and not put it into the UK economy.
    They are happy to do the work as you say and from experience if there was no NMW they would work for £3.00 per hour.
  • We have to remember that when you train for a job, then give years of service you have a right to expect that your conditions of joining/wages/pension will be honoured by the employer. We are talking about small pensions in most cases, reasonable amounts and many pensions barely on the poverty line. This government will not budge we know that, but its day will come and it will be gone. Until then we have to support our workers all we can. They do not get their pension for free, they pay into it every month. Lets see a comparison of a nurses pension against a Whitehall Civil servant. They won't tell us will they.
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