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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 20, 2022 9:01:10 GMT
The largest railway strikes in a generation starting tomorrow due to a dispute with the RMT over pay and conditions
c40,000 railway workers will go on strike from tomorrow, assuming that last-ditch negotiations fail with services cut to around a fifth
Do you support the strikes?
What would you do if you were the Government?
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 20, 2022 9:01:51 GMT
The real story of course is that rampant inflation is eroding people's pay amid the cost-of-living crisis
There will be calls for pay rises across the economy
The teachers’ union NASUWT announced it would ballot members if a forthcoming pay deal did not meet its demands
Barristers, doctors and nurses are also currently debating whether they will go on strike
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Simon Clarke, confirmed this morning that public sector workers won’t receive a pay rise in line with inflation, meaning a summer of disruption is likely in store
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 20, 2022 9:02:08 GMT
The Government seems to think that a dispute with rail workers is comfortable terrain on which to distance itself from Labour. That strategy could prove unsustainable once it's arguing that nurses should receive a real-terms pay cut while large sections of the economy are grinding to a halt
Meanwhile Labour has so far withheld its full support for the strikes
Mick Lynch, the general secretary of the RMT wants Keir Starmer to “think about where the Labour Party is going” and “come out with some policies that show he’s on the side of working people”
What should Labour do?
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Post by zeopold on Jun 20, 2022 10:48:05 GMT
I wish the RMT luck. In order for the nation to move forward we need strong unions capable of bringing the govt. to its knees.
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Strikes
Jun 20, 2022 11:24:26 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 20, 2022 11:24:26 GMT
It’s clear the members would settle for a pay increase 💡
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Post by zeopold on Jun 20, 2022 11:31:13 GMT
It’s clear the members would settle for a pay increase 💡 Tories believe that people only deserve decent pay if they're making some greedy **** richer. |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 20, 2022 11:57:55 GMT
Plenty of money for "friends and family" during the pandemic, none of whom had to go through the usual checks if they knew a top Tory
#chumocracy
The National Audit Office confirmed the existence of a “high-priority lane” for suppliers referred by senior politicians and officials, and found that companies with a political referral were 10 times more likely to end up winning a government contract than those without
Billions then wasted - of course - not that the recipients cared
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Post by doug61 on Jun 20, 2022 14:52:17 GMT
Fully support it but they are dreaming if they think they will get 7%.At times of full employment wages normally increase but something seems to have gone wrong with the system, profits still rise but wages don't. Need the government to make a big cut of fuel taxation to hit retail inflation and get it moving downwards.
Wasn't it just a while back that Tories were saying about the lack of European HGV drivers that workers should use the present situations to demand higher wages? Seem to have changed their tune now.
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Post by doug61 on Jun 20, 2022 15:05:23 GMT
The Government seems to think that a dispute with rail workers is comfortable terrain on which to distance itself from Labour. That strategy could prove unsustainable once it's arguing that nurses should receive a real-terms pay cut while large sections of the economy are grinding to a halt Meanwhile Labour has so far withheld its full support for the strikes Mick Lynch, the general secretary of the RMT wants Keir Starmer to “think about where the Labour Party is going” and “come out with some policies that show he’s on the side of working people” What should Labour do? Labour should stand with the unions but encourage sensible demands. |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 21, 2022 9:22:50 GMT
Fully support it but they are dreaming if they think they will get 7%.At times of full employment wages normally increase but something seems to have gone wrong with the system, profits still rise but wages don't. Need the government to make a big cut of fuel taxation to hit retail inflation and get it moving downwards. Wasn't it just a while back that Tories were saying about the lack of European HGV drivers that workers should use the present situations to demand higher wages? Seem to have changed their tune now. As you say, the RMT union’s workers are holding out for a pay rise of at least 7%, having only been offered 3%. BUT with inflation set to hit 11%, even that would represent a real terms pay cut. Nurses and teachers next.... |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 21, 2022 9:23:24 GMT
No such problems for City bosses  |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 21, 2022 9:25:30 GMT
The Government seems to think that a dispute with rail workers is comfortable terrain on which to distance itself from Labour. That strategy could prove unsustainable once it's arguing that nurses should receive a real-terms pay cut while large sections of the economy are grinding to a halt Meanwhile Labour has so far withheld its full support for the strikes Mick Lynch, the general secretary of the RMT wants Keir Starmer to “think about where the Labour Party is going” and “come out with some policies that show he’s on the side of working people” What should Labour do? Labour should stand with the unions but encourage sensible demands. Whatever they do The Mail wants to pin the strikes on Labour today Labour’s position on the strikes is clear: they should not be happening, because the government should have worked to facilitate a deal between the RMT and Network Rail. The real story here is whether this Conservative government deliberately failed to make a deal to try to put Labour in a difficult position. It would seem incredible for most governments to play such games with the country, but this one has a taste for chaos by design Either way you can't criticise Labour for failing to prevent, from the opposition benches, strikes by a union with which it has no affiliation  |
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Post by doug61 on Jun 21, 2022 14:22:18 GMT
Fully support it but they are dreaming if they think they will get 7%.At times of full employment wages normally increase but something seems to have gone wrong with the system, profits still rise but wages don't. Need the government to make a big cut of fuel taxation to hit retail inflation and get it moving downwards. Wasn't it just a while back that Tories were saying about the lack of European HGV drivers that workers should use the present situations to demand higher wages? Seem to have changed their tune now. As you say, the RMT union’s workers are holding out for a pay rise of at least 7%, having only been offered 3%. BUT with inflation set to hit 11%, even that would represent a real terms pay cut. Nurses and teachers next.... Yes, it's a pay cut but we all knew we were going to take a hit over Covid and Ukraine, I think at the moment 5% is probably a more realistic target. |
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Post by doug61 on Jun 21, 2022 14:24:29 GMT
Labour should stand with the unions but encourage sensible demands. Whatever they do The Mail wants to pin the strikes on Labour today Labour’s position on the strikes is clear: they should not be happening, because the government should have worked to facilitate a deal between the RMT and Network Rail. The real story here is whether this Conservative government deliberately failed to make a deal to try to put Labour in a difficult position. It would seem incredible for most governments to play such games with the country, but this one has a taste for chaos by design Either way you can't criticise Labour for failing to prevent, from the opposition benches, strikes by a union with which it has no affiliation I think people will largely support strikes at the moment if the demands are sensible. |
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Post by zeopold on Jun 21, 2022 15:07:39 GMT
No such problems for City bosses Colour me surprised  |
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