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16-07-08, 12:08 PM | #1 |
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local government workers strike
Hi All ,
I am typing this while I am on a 2 day strike , work for local council What are you thoughts about the strike ? Do you recon that a 2.45 percent increase and 9 previous below inflations pay awards are acceptable? do you think that local goverment workers should shut up and accept the offer ?? cheers Steveg
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16-07-08, 12:10 PM | #3 |
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im in GMB thus not on strike
i belive unison are after 6% whereas GMB took the 2.45 which is **** |
16-07-08, 12:12 PM | #4 |
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think its the usual crap that goes on with unions. half of me says find a different job if your not happy but the other bit understands that to actually get a pay rise working in the public sector is generally in time with herds of flying porcine mammals and to receive those that are below inflation is an insult - it basically means that you could end up earning less than when you started....
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16-07-08, 12:13 PM | #5 |
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Depends...
Do you earn more than I do? Lots of people who earn more than fully qualified engineers have recently have been on strike...that just bugs the poo out of me. At least the schools shut on wednesday/thursday so the kids wont go hungry at schools... |
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16-07-08, 12:16 PM | #9 |
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Re: local government workers strike
Problem is that with the current economic climate, any pay-rise is going to be hard to come by.
Its almost impossible to raise EVERYONES wages to above inflation levels without just escalating things. That said, a minimum of inflation with specific performance related amounts for those that do their jobs well should be the least that is offered
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16-07-08, 12:16 PM | #10 |
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Yup.
Company in the middle of a merger, and selling off a large proportion of the company meaning lots of potential job losses. They're doing this to recover money. No way would a pay rise ever be offered given the current situation. In all honesty, I'm starting to view all the recent pay strikes as "I've been offered more money, but I'm not happy with it, and I'm not going to work to demonstrate my point." I'd love my manager to be able to authorise a pay rise. Any pay rise. |
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