[arista]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...ck-ukba-strike


Airports are warning of a slow down.


Do Not Travel on the Strike Day, sadly.

[Doogle]

Every school in my area is off except the girls grammar school near mine.

[MTVN]

I'm not sure I agree with this, I think they should acknowledge that as people are living longer it isn't really practical to sustain the current level of pensions and it's not a good time to strike either while the economy's in such a turbulent state. Public sector workers also need to realise that, despite the changes, their pensions are still a lot better than those of people in the private sector

[arista]

Originally Posted by MTVN

I'm not sure I agree with this, I think they should acknowledge that as people are living longer it isn't really practical to sustain the current level of pensions and it's not a good time to strike either while the economy's in such a turbulent state. Public sector workers also need to realise that, despite the changes, their pensions are still a lot better than those of people in the private sector

Yes well its a Small Union Vote Amount that started this
and Well before the Strike they make Posters and the like
Even though a Goods Deal is there.

[Jords]

No school for me

[Tom]

My sister is a teacher but she doesn't work Wednesdays anyway, shes gutted

[michael21]

wish arista would go on strike

[Novo]

Originally Posted by Tom

My sister is a teacher but she doesn't work Wednesdays anyway, shes gutted

thought Teachers work every weekday

[arista]

Originally Posted by michael21

wish arista would go on strike

Strikes Stink and are Corrupt.

[Lee.]

Yeah, schools are striking here too

[arista]

Originally Posted by Jords

No school for me

Party Time?

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Novo

thought Teachers work every weekday

She works in a primary where every class has 2 teachers and the way her timetable falls, she isn't in on a Wednesday

[arista]

[Jarrod]

School's on strike on Wednesday too...

[Angus]

Why do public sector workers think they're a special case? They want to live in the real world with the rest of us and realise how well off they really are compared to the private sector. The damn unions are an anachronism in this day and age. Their unreasonable and selfish demands are one of the reasons this country is in the mess it's in today.

[Brother Leon]

Me being ****ing off on Wednesday either way. Couldn't be another day could it? lol *angry face*

[arista]

Originally Posted by angus58

Why do public sector workers think they're a special case? They want to live in the real world with the rest of us and realise how well off they really are compared to the private sector. The damn unions are an anachronism in this day and age. Their unreasonable and selfish demands are one of the reasons this country is in the mess it's in today.

Bang On Right.

[Sticks]

Firstly, this thread should be in the Serious Debates thread

Secondly, I work in the public sector and I feel that this strike is more a political strike than a trade dispute. If the union barons are so concerned about our pensions, why not use their collective buying power to get a private pension company to devise a scheme they believe we should have and get us to opt in to that?

My current plan at the moment is to not fall for this political strike and go in as normal, assuming I am able.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Sticks

Firstly, this thread should be in the Serious Debates thread

Secondly, I work in the public sector and I feel that this strike is more a political strike than a trade dispute. If the union barons are so concerned about our pensions, why not use their collective buying power to get a private pension company to devise a scheme they believe we should have and get us to opt in to that?

My current plan at the moment is to not fall for this political strike and go in as normal, assuming I am able.

I post Strikes - Riots on General Chat
No one has ever said I should not.


I Agree Sticks this is all Political
thats why it Stinks

[Judas]

Apart from headlines, strikes are pretty much useless these days.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Judas

Apart from headlines, strikes are pretty much useless these days.

Yes its Old Labour trying to Grow

[Joe.]

My school's off!

[Harry!]

Quite stupid really on Wednesday's I finish at 11am so really it doesn't effect me at all.

[Livia]

I don't know how else people can get the attention of the government other than strike. I'm not a leftie, but I find myself agreeing with the strike. People say that private sector workers are worse off than public sector workers with their big pensions, like the public sector is some well-off private club than only a few people can join. Anyone can apply for a job in the public sector, if it was THAT good, more people would apply. People's pensions that they've paid into, that they've been promised and that they've been expecting are going to change because the government needs to save money. There are other, more lucrative ways to get money into the coffers of the country: tax the rich. If you earn more, you should pay more. The government's argument is that it will discourage rich people from investing here. I say that's rubbish. They don't want to tax the super-rich because they're the people that fund the policital parties. Raise the upper tax limit, cut foreign aid, stop propping up the doomed Euro, drag the troops out of Afghanistan and get our tax money back from the fat bankers we've been subsidising for so long... and leave people's pensions alone.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Livia

I don't know how else people can get the attention of the government other than strike. I'm not a leftie, but I find myself agreeing with the strike. People say that private sector workers are worse off than public sector workers with their big pensions, like the public sector is some well-off private club than only a few people can join. Anyone can apply for a job in the public sector, if it was THAT good, more people would apply. People's pensions that they've paid into, that they've been promised and that they've been expecting are going to change because the government needs to save money. There are other, more lucrative ways to get money into the coffers of the country: tax the rich. If you earn more, you should pay more. The government's argument is that it will discourage rich people from investing here. I say that's rubbish. They don't want to tax the super-rich because they're the people that fund the policital parties. Raise the upper tax limit, cut foreign aid, stop propping up the doomed Euro, drag the troops out of Afghanistan and get our tax money back from the fat bankers we've been subsidising for so long... and leave people's pensions alone.

See I'm quite Left-Wing by anyones standards and I disagree with it Sure anyone can apply for a Public Sector job.. but they wouldn't be very smart to do that when the Tories are cutting away at the Public Sector and more and more jobs are being lost while they are looking to expand and increase Private Sector Employment. I think it's simply the case that the current pension arrangements are no longer sustainable with people living longer and the demographic balance increasingly tilting to the elderly. I'm not saying the Public Sector is a haven to work in but the pension conditions are favourable to those in the private sector, and even with the planned reforms that will still be the case, and things are pretty sh*tty for private sector workers as well

And it's also a very poor time to strike, we're on the brink of recession, embroiled in a Eurozone crisis and the nation being ground to halt is only going to make things worse. They need to be more realistic and pragmatic IMO