THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

There is so much anti-union misinformation in this thread you would think people got their information from a media with an agenda against Unions.
Sadly this country for the last decade has been fed a load of bullshit and those in power have seen the rich get richer whilst wages for the population as a whole have consistently fallen in real terms. Unions are fighting for those wages to keep pace with inflation and by doing so they indirectly improve wages for all, if wages in Unionised industries go up people have a choice to change jobs/careers and companies in other industries have a choice of increasing the wages for their staff or lose them to better paid jobs.
No-one should ever criticise a pay rise for anyone, never say but they shouldn't get x because nurses only get y, you need to say nurses need to get a pay rise.
Please stand with the workers and middle classes of this country and against the rich together we can improve the country for the majority rather than the rich.

And last evening in Perth she refused to explain, in fact the audience of Scottish Conservatives (if there is such a thing) applauded and cheered. That's Tory voters right there. They think that the working class should basically be thankful for even having a job, and thank their lucky stars that they even get paid for doing it. They loath the working class, and like her think that we're all lazy, stupid, work-shy ladybits. And yet the working class still vote for them. Unbelievable. But like Brexit, which has been proven to be an unmitigated disaster, Tory politicians will blatantly lie to your face, while simultaneously tell you that you're the problem, not them.

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For those that like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing they like.

THIS!

Unions are the reason we have sick pay, holiday pay, weekends, maternity and paternity and so many more workers rights. Never take these things for granted. When they win a decent wage rise for some - it prompts a decent wage rise for all.

The current UK government has been actively undermining all our right. Heads are distinctly not screwed on. It’s also completely fair to want better pay when literally everything costs more and your employer is making massive profits and paying board members and investors £500million a year.

Well not exactly IMHO....

I was severely inconvenienced last weekend by the strike but I eventually DID get to where I wanted to be.

OK..... "repeatedly shown willingness to fuck with the general population who need to use their services". This is a recent set of events. It has only occurred because of the ongoing cut in real wages. If any 'worker' anywhere is seriously expecting their employer to, without any 'pressure', come along with inflation matching never mind 'busting' pay rises they are mistaken. No wonder people strike.

"It's easy to blame the workers for the strike when the people at the top are refusing to accept more reasonable pay." Yup. Agree. It is finally starting to dawn on many people that 'the way pay is determined in many instances' (dudes - not comrades) means that it is very unequal. Unions help reduce that inequality. I make that as a statement not a judgement.

On another matter....tons of sh*t discharged into the seas around our coast in last few days rather than being processed. But hey, keep those bonuses for those at the top of the water companies coming! In fact aren't most of our water companies owned by the French? Hey who cares? Especially if your employment has become even more uncertain due to changes in legislation.

Very depressing. Still in Liz we truss.

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Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment

Of all people Daily Express Journalists are on strike. Probably because their job is harder as they've ran out of Madelaine McCann and Diana stories to print.

Next week is 25 years since Diana died, you'd think they'd want the overtime.

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