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The strike by council workers on 16 and 17 July has closed thousands of schools, libraries and sports centres and halted refuse collections, street cleaning and other services, with further disruption planned in a bitter row over pay.Unison said more than 500,000 local government workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland walked out at the start of a 48-hour stoppage in protest at a 2.45% pay offer.
Are they being greedy or is this strike justified?
and I can say while private sector pay was better.
working conditions and terms of employment and pensions terms are 100%better than the private sector.
where can anyone in the private sector retire as early as 50.
with a generous pension.
Pay rises did not come anywhere near reasonable for the extra work piled on through this 'philosophy'.
Money in local government was usually saved by reducing staff costs i.e. getting rid of them and paying them less. It's high time that local government workers were paid a fair rate for the work they do and the abuse they regularly suffer for doing it.
Not surprisingly I get a bit annoyed when the people who are getting paid out of my tax (and most seem to earn more than I do)start asking for index linked awards and then strike when they don't get them.
Like me if you don't like the job go find another.
The right to strike is the most basic of workers rights and it was hard fought for. The right must remain otherwise NORMAL people have no other action open to them.
John please note strikers are also normal and there is no better way if employers will not negotiate.
So if these fat cat bosses do not give you a rise you just have to withdraw your labour going on strike is the working mans right it has been for many years THATCHER put a stop to it but she was bad news and is now history living a fine old life with the blood of the falklands war on her hands and pushing up the cost of living by selling most all of our state run industries water, gas, electricity, trains, running down the NHS in a bid to sell it of and you ask should a working man go on strike ask ben tilliet I can still remember the dockers tanner what a silly question try living on a pension you tory scum bags.
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