Do you support the RMT?

bluetonium said:
It's all hitting the public now and I can see anger spilling over at some point. To the government, to the workers, I don't know, but people are being affected daily and the mood is shifting.

My new bank card hasn't arrived and Lloyd's are blaming royal mail, saying it was dispatched nearly 3 weeks ago.

They won't issue another new one as the new card hasn't been activated and is still classed as on the way to me, but with more strikes planned I'm starting to get a bit worried that I'll have no way to pay for stuff with a valid card after 31st December. Postie says it's probably in a pile in a sorting office somewhere.

We've already cancelled a gathering this year for my wife's birthday in town because without rail it's too expensive to meet up beyond a hello at someone's house, unfortunately two of the family members who may have attended have now passed. My wife's birthday gift of a trip to London on the 17th December is up in smoke, getting a refund for the hotel and theatre is like pulling teeth. If the teachers take another strike day then I'll have to take unpaid leave. It's all hitting in one go and i can honestly say it's making some ordinary folk pretty damn miserable now.

I've always supported unions in general and many of those striking now as so key to our lives and those of our children, but with this all happening at the same time it's getting harder I admit. Especially when my work has just announced a cost of living increase of 1% as it's all they can afford, take it or leave, figures being banded about with inflation and wage increases of 7-11% seem plain crazy.

And to think Liz Truss pissed millions down the drain in a matter of days. She could have done some real good with that money, reprioritizing our key services like health and transportation, I'm angry with the government mostly over all this, but as I say I can see this spilling over from some now to the workers in the run up to Christmas.
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To give inflation size pay rises to all those that are asking for it would‘ve cost us £28 billion, Truss pissed away 30.

Food for thought.
 
Phil1 said:
This is an easy one. The Landlord is a silly **** who will be bleating once he’s out of business. If I fucked everyone off from any of my bars because I didn’t like them I’d be living in a cardboard box now.
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Its odd to deny service to a group of people then to bleat when their workmates refuse to use his pub. I mean if a pub landlord said " no City fans here on matchday because I am a rag" he would not have a leg to stand upon if Blues decided not to frequent on matchday............ I am with you - silly ****
 
The Future’s Blue! said:
To give inflation size pay rises to all those that are asking for it would‘ve cost us £28 billion, Truss pissed away 30.

Food for thought.
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For all workers it would be £128b per year as a starting point. The biggest rise in wages will be those on minimum wage in April.
 
Brewster's millions said:
Big picture is that you and countless others are essentially being asked to accept a 1% pay rise (or none at all), work longer hours and pay more tax, so that striking public sector workers and those in heavily unionised areas can receive 10%-plus pay rises.

That’s pretty much the long and short of it. Oh, and if you can bib your horn when you’re driving past the picket lines on the way to work, they’d really appreciate it.
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Not many private companies are offering only 1%.
 
Eccles Blue said:
As someone who lost a fire fighting family member in a fire in Birmingham a few years ago and watched his mother, my aunt, bravely accept this plus the way his friends rallied round her and her family I am with you @bluethrunthru I will always back the Fire Fighters.
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I think the employers misjudged that younger firefighters, taken on under new conditions and pensions, would be less inclined to take industrial action - but these are the men and women most likely to be struggling with the cost of living.
 
Blue Maverick said:
No you are been asked to accept that because you are in a job with no union, paying for the mismanagement of the economy of the last 12 years, paying for debt by a government who have lined the pockets of countless mates and companies throughout a pandemic and more. Let’s blame the public sector who’ve had fuck all in rises during Austerity paying for private sector mistakes (remember them bankers etc), so don’t blame public sector wanting a fair wage and pay if your company can’t afford to pay you more, that’s just what they want, divide and conquer.
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Or retrain as train crew. There's a shortage, you know.
 
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