Public sector strike set to be largest for a generation

[Gerald]

Up to two million public sector workers are staging a strike over pensions in what is set to be the biggest walkout for a generation.Schools, hospitals, airports, ports and government offices will be among sites disrupted, as more than 1,000 demonstrations are due across the UK.It would "achieve nothing", Downing Street said, calling for more talks.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15953806

Note: 30 November 2011 Last updated at 02:50 GMT

[Gerald]

Take the A-train.

[Herr-Berbunch]

People just proving they can lose pay for a day. I can't and wouldn't even if I could.

Just what the economy needs, at least with Somali pirates you can try to fight back from being held to ransom.

I know there'll be a few here who disagree and that people have a right to strike but at least wait for a total breakdown in talks before you call it.

at least wait for a total breakdown in talks before you call it.

Isn't the main problem with that idea that there was a refusal to talk at all until the strike was declared.
Same with the recent BA strike, they refused to talk until the strike went ahead. Same with the rail workers , they refused to talk until the strike had been blocked and blocked and blocked until the judges said management was playing silly games in the courts and the strike was OK, then the strike was on and management decided maybe they would talk.
Its OK for you to say wait for a breakdown in talks, but again and again it is a flat out refusal to talk to the workers/unions that is causing the strikes in the first place.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Isn't the main problem with that idea that there was a refusal to talk at all until the strike was declared.
Same with the recent BA strike, they refused to talk until the strike went ahead. Same with the rail workers , they refused to talk until the strike had been blocked and blocked and blocked until the judges said management was playing silly games in the courts and the strike was OK, then the strike was on and management decided maybe they would talk.
Its OK for you to say wait for a breakdown in talks, but again and again it is a flat out refusal to talk to the workers/unions that is causing the strikes in the first place.

Rgr that....Tory arrogance and a refusal to listen to the warnings from their coalition partners.

I can't see Cameron shifting from his entrenched position...in fact, I can see changes coming in the right to strike legislation that will be detrimental to the unions and the working population.

[Jimbuna]

Prime Minister David Cameron described the strike as a "damp squib".

Now there's a big suprise

looking at the list of closures in the article I would suggest your wrong David old chap.

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[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Vendor

Take the A-train.

Well, if they want to go Harlem, yes, it is the fastest way.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Well, if they want to go Harlem, yes, it is the fastest way.

If you miss it, you won't end up in Sugar Hill way up in Harlem.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

If you miss it, you won't end up in Sugar Hill way up in Harlem.

Sorry, A-train has been cancelled due to leaves on the line.

I can sympathise with Herr B on this, being a private sector worker, but I do support the right of people to take industrial action against what is an increasingly unpopular government which refuses to shift from its position.
The trouble is, at the end of the day, the strikes won't achieve anything but further the mistrust and hatred between public and private sector workers, so whilst they are divided, the government can do what it wants (and will) and it will spin the strike into some form of massive attack on the people by stating that 'x amount of people died because of the strike' or 'y amount of people had to take time off work and lose money because of the strike' and the media will lap it up and dish it out, and the bankers will laugh as the public fight amongst each other and the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

There is no room for the voice of the public in politics today. We just have to obey what the rich people tell us to obey.


Man I sound left wing today...I need a drink...

[Gerald]

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Note: Update record,30 November 2011 Last updated at 16:15 GMT

[Jimbuna]

Simon Walker, of the Institute of Directors, told the BBC News Channel the strike was doing "significant damage" to the economy.
"If you're damaging the productive capacity of this country you're really doing huge damage to the fabric of the economy and that will last a long time and impact on all of us," he said.

Fancy comparing then swapping penxions Simon?


Thought not

[Gerald]

You do not suffer,use your private jet!

[Jimbuna]

Context?

[Gerald]

You're not affected to a larger extent....maybe a little depending on how long the strike will,right or wrong....

[Jimbuna]

Not affected at all as far as I can tell...it would take a statutory act to make any changes to my current pension provision and there has been no mention of any retrospective changes.