Corbynomics: A Dystopia

Generali

Mistermeaner wrote: »

its a matter of public record

http://www.njceci.org.uk/publication/njc-communique-0115-review-naeci-2016-beyond-employers-response/wppa_open/

Wow. Does the union understand what is happening to extractive industry service companies or do they just not care..? Either way it gives the lie to any idea that the union wants to work with the company.

Mistermeaner

if you are interested you can mess with the link to get back to main website where you can see how discussions have progressed since then

martinsurrey

Mistermeaner wrote: »

if you are interested you can mess with the link to get back to main website where you can see how discussions have progressed since then

Reading that made it VERY clear to me that the union is mainly interested in health and safety of their members I mean it was vaguely hinted at in at least ONE of their absurd requests.

death in service benefits extended to 52 weeks after redundancy.

a tool allowance for jobs where all tools are provided.

haha, you couldn't make it up!

gadgetmind

Southend1 wrote: »

Trade unionism is far from dead!

It's a flesh wound!

They are tired and shagged out after a long squawk..

Moby

Southend1 wrote: »

Union membership fluctuates over time and has done for many years. From today's perspective, membership has fallen from very high levels but as you point out trade unionism is far from dead.

What we should remember is that hard won rights such as rest days, paid holidays, parental leave, equal pay, sick pay, safer workplaces etc were the result of working people coming together in unions and campaigning. These rights weren't just handed to us without a struggle, and we could easily find them under threat again. If the government didn't think unions are still able to channel the power of working people to stand up for their hard won rights they wouldn't be trying to push though the trade union bill, which is designed to make it easier for employers to cut pay and conditions.

Trade unionism is far from dead!

Excellent post mate but you'll find no warmth on here. It's full of right wing self satisfied and self serving bigots who will turn any views you express into a left wing conspiracy. They wheel out the same old cliches time and time again. Fortunately you only tend to meet people with their views on the internet. They are quite good at being more circumspect face to face. I wonder why
Take some pleasure in the fact that Jezza obviously presses their buttons!

setmefree2

City AM (London based newspaper)

This newspaper is not naturally sympathetic to Labour’s new policy direction. Plans for nationalisations, higher taxes and faith in a magical money tree have not gone down well in our editorial conferences.

We have, however, kept an open mind. Maybe, just maybe, wiser heads were at work among the chaos of the opposition’s early days. Maybe they were assembling a team that would, over time, work to restore a slither of economic credibility.
Any remnants of optimism we may have had in this direction were shattered last night during a Channel 4 News interview with Labour’s shadow city minister, one Richard Burgon MP.

He thought he was on the telly to attack Osborne’s “fiscal charter” and doubtless hoped that Labour’s new name for it, the “austerity charter” would go down well on Twitter.

Imagine his horror when Cathy Newman asked the aspiring city minister if he knew the size of the deficit.
His answer, in full, was: “Well-er, uh, I’m not an economic… er… I’m not, er, somebody who's going to put a figure in a crystal ball… er…” at which point Newman humanely euthanased his attempt to answer the question.
He did ultimately hazard a guess that he thinks “it’s going to be higher” – as if he were playing a fiscal Price is Right.

As the interview progressed, we learnt that he hasn’t visited a City firm since being appointed to the role, though he did meet a few business folk in Brighton.
Instead, according to his Twitter feed, he has in recent days met with students to campaign against “ruthless cuts”, addressed the fire brigades union in parliament and opened the new changing rooms at the grounds of Whitkirk Wanderers.
Admirable endeavours, but not ones likely to help him get to grips with a ministerial portfolio covering financial stability, City competitiveness and financial conduct.

Lest there was any doubt that Corbyn’s Labour couldn’t give a flying fiscal charter about the interests of the City, they made Burgon, a self- confessed socialist, the Square Mile’s shadow minister.

This isn’t an opposition. It’s barely even a political party. It’s a gesture. An amateurish, angry gesture that appears to have little interest in how wealth and jobs are created.

Good luck, Mr Burgon. You’re going to need it.

http://www.cityam.com/226587/labour-to-city-were-just-not-that-into-you

Generali

Moby wrote: »

Excellent post mate but you'll find no warmth on here. It's full of right wing self satisfied and self serving bigots who will turn any views you express into a left wing conspiracy. They wheel out the same old cliches time and time again. Fortunately you only tend to meet people with their views on the internet. They are quite good at being more circumspect face to face. I wonder why
Take some pleasure in the fact that Jezza obviously presses their buttons!

Excellent post except that it flies in the face of the facts.

Despite a huge rise in employment and population over the last 26 years trade union membership is down 28% and is still falling.

Thrugelmir

Richard Burgon MP was a Trade Union Lawyer before becoming an MP.

Says it all really.

antrobus

setmefree2 wrote: »

City AM (London based newspaper)

http://www.cityam.com/226587/labour-to-city-were-just-not-that-into-you

"Embarrassing? Yes, of course it is"

Labour's new guiding principle.:)

antrobus

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Richard Burgon MP was a Trade Union Lawyer before becoming an MP.

Says it all really.

You can watch the car crash here.

http://blogs.new.spectator.co.uk/2015/10/watch-richard-burgons-car-crash-channel-4-interview/