On Sunday, 30 November 2014 09:31:20 UTC, Dawlish wrote:
On Saturday, November 29, 2014 10:58:59 PM UTC, wrote:
On Saturday, 29 November 2014 22:52:01 UTC, history wrote:
On 29/11/2014 17:16, Dawlish wrote:
On Saturday, November 29, 2014 4:51:38 PM UTC, wrote:
75% of Union members who voted in a recent indicative poll are in favour of
a strike over low pay.
The Union are now about to conduct a full postal ballot with a decision to
strike or not in January.
Go for it guys and good luck!

Will
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What's the average pay of a forecaster at the MetO?


And gold plated pension when they retire at 5


Pension now iron plated, and contributions up by approx 480% in 3 years..

Ben

Why are they striking? They are so well off compared to most other sections of society. Try picking for Amazon in a warehouse on minimum wage and minimum conditions. It's people like that who should be striking, but they realise they are fortunate to have a job. Any job.


The problem with that attitude, which is one that the economic right which are in control of all the main parties - particularly the Tories, but also the others to quite a degree, sadly - are constantly shoving down the throat, is it spreads an attitude that it's ok to have poor terms and conditions at work because you need to be "thankful you have a job". That is an extremely poor attitude to take. Having decent terms in your job is seen by the political establishment as an unaffordable luxury, or something.

I agree that low-paid workers have a *particular* reason for striking, but *anyone* (within reason) should be able to if their own terms and conditions are deteriorating. There is too much of this right-wing "everyone has to work harder for less pay and less benefits" crap going round in today's society, which is more Thatcherite than the 1980s ever were.