• UK public sector plan next nationwide strike
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[B]Britain is facing the threat of mass walkouts by public sector workers after the biggest unions announced strike ballots over pensions.[/B] Unison, Unite, the GMB and the Fire Brigades' Union will consult members about co-ordinated industrial action starting in November, Unison's leader Dave Prentis told the TUC's annual conference the strikes would involve the [B]"fight of our lives"[/B]. [B]"It's the fight of our lives. I know it's an over-used cliché, but make no mistake, this is it."[/B] Proposing a motion backing mass strikes to the TUC conference, Mr Prentis revealed he was giving 9,000 employers formal notice that his [B] union's 1.1 million members would be balloted.[/B] The coalition has warned that this will make the public 'very angry', Labour leader Ed Miliband surprised union members by stating he would be backing the government, and not them. The GMB's Brian Strutton said: "We're not talking about a day out and a bit of a protest. We're talking about something that's[B] long and hard and dirty[/B] as well, because this is going to require days of action running through the winter, through into next year, following the government's legislative programme right into the summer." [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14907909[/url]
[quote]long and hard and dirty[/quote] Sounds fun, I'm in.
As long as the trains aren't fucked.
The country is in mountains of debt, cuts need to be made across the board but nobody wants their sector to face cuts. Tough, it needs to happen or this recession will only drag on for longer. Accept it. The majority of the public sector are fat, middle-aged women sitting in offices. In a lot of cases their work could be spread out and done by other people, cut the waste like this but ensure the guys on the ground such as teachers, police, binmen etc are safe in their jobs.
I have a feeling that this is just going to make things worse. It's like in tropico when everyone starts striking no ones working so everywhere closes and you cant spend anymore due to them striking making you go under the 10,000 mark. I feel cruel for saying this but we have just gotta ride it out until we can get the countries finances on track again then we can resume normal levels.
[img]http://www.apfn.org/images/V0.jpg[/img] You rang?
We need a revolu- [IMG]http://breisebreiseleighgoleire1969.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/london-riots.jpg[/IMG]
they're striking because of their pensions, yet by doing so they're costing the country more money, so stupid..
These people are ridiculous. Moaning about things that EVERYONE in the country has to go through (apart from obvious people) and yet they decide to strike and make it worse for everyone else. Dare I say it, they are almost as bad as the Government.
I don't think they listened to the government last time: "No demonstration of any kind would ever force a government, Labour, coalition, or anyone else to change their financial strategies. We are the strongest government this country has ever had."
[QUOTE=Cutts;32285235]These people are ridiculous. Moaning about things that EVERYONE in the country has to go through (apart from obvious people) and yet they decide to strike and make it worse for everyone else. Dare I say it, they are almost as bad as the Government.[/QUOTE] Well, in the unemployment report that came out today, unemployment is up by 80,000 over the last three months - the majority of which is from the public sector which lost 110,000 jobs, compared to the public sector, which gained 40,000. Wages also rose by 2.1% excluding bonuses - but the majority of people in the public sector are on a pay freeze, so that increase is coming from the private sector. So I'd argue that at the moment, the public sector is being hit far harder than the average person, especially as the public sector employs 6.04 million people compared to the private sector's 23.13 million.
We wouldn't be in this shit if the government didn't constantly cut our industry, we don't make or produce anything ourself anymore. And then they wonder why we're in such debt as we import all our things from China.
[QUOTE=RainbowStalin;32286085]We wouldn't be in this shit if the government didn't constantly cut our industry, we don't make or produce anything ourself anymore. And then they wonder why we're in such debt as we import all our things from China.[/QUOTE] English staff won't work for peanuts producing cheap goods. That's why we import shit from China, it's cost effective.
Fuck it I want to leave England now because shit is just getting dumb over here. I want to go to Canada now.
[QUOTE=HeavyGuy;32289611]Fuck it I want to leave England now because shit is just getting dumb over here. I want to go to Canada now.[/QUOTE]Strange, im doing that when i turn 21...
I'm staying in Britain. Let's face it these problems have to be fixed sooner or later, the trade unions having done fuck all to help anybody in Britain in the past 50 years.
Communists :argh:
[QUOTE=RainbowStalin;32286085]We wouldn't be in this shit if the government didn't constantly cut our industry, we don't make or produce anything ourself anymore. And then they wonder why we're in such debt as we import all our things from China.[/QUOTE] the UK imports 477.9 billion pounds of goods while it exports 428.6 billion pounds worth of goods so that's absolutely false.
[QUOTE=thisispain;32290169]the UK imports 477.9 billion pounds of goods while it exports 428.6 billion pounds worth of goods so that's absolutely false.[/QUOTE] Now to find a way to make the first figure much bigger and the second one much smaller. Mercantilism away!
Poor babies, their pensions are already ridiculous and superior to everyone else's yet they want more.
I wonder who the unions will turn to now even the Labour party has told them to deal with it
God, I hate the unions in Britian, they abuse their right to the strike dreadfully. Cuts have to be made, Deal. with. it.
The fight of your life? You are fighting for a decent pension not the freedom of your children
[QUOTE=Sir M;32293236]The fight of your life? You are fighting for a decent pension not the freedom of your children[/QUOTE] That pension might be the only thing that'll allow their kids to go to college
[QUOTE=Zeke129;32293317]That pension might be the only thing that'll allow their kids to go to college[/QUOTE] But college education is free here?
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;32293341]But college education is free here?[/QUOTE] I was under the impression it was free in Scotland, but not in England.
[QUOTE=Megafanx13;32293481]I was under the impression it was free in Scotland, but not in England.[/QUOTE] Education is free before you turn 19 (unless its uni) There might be some other exceptions, I don't know
[QUOTE=Megafanx13;32293481]I was under the impression it was free in Scotland, but not in England.[/QUOTE] College is after school usually from age 16-18 and is free, you're talking about university which is only free in Scotland
[QUOTE=Sir M;32293652]Education is free before you turn 19 (unless its uni) There might be some other exceptions, I don't know[/QUOTE] I'm referring to university, I know regular schooling is free in the UK.
The only union I sympathise with is Fire Brigade. In most places they have to pay 17% of their wages to keep their pensions going! The rest can go to hell. 9% isn't that much, and barely catches up with the private sector which is paying 14% on average. Bob Crow can fuck off as well. Stalinist prick.
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