Do you support the RMT?

[The perfect fumble]

Worth a watch....

 

[johnnytapia]

Public sector workers are not actually as fed up of lack of money but the overwhelming workload. That is my opinion. The NHS is at the epicentre of this. I don't know the in and out of every dispute but at least ordinary people are finding a bit of a voice.

Nailed it.
As a teacher this is my opportunity to at least strike a blow, no matter how small or fleeting, against a sack of shit government who have ridden roughshod over the profession for years. We can’t retain staff, burnout is at an all time high, second only to health workers for stress-related illness.
This chance to have a voice, it couldn’t be passed up.
Same with nurses, they’re striking about pay but it’s the conditions and workload that’s the real reason.
You’ve absolutely nailed it there mate.

 

[Vic]

What argument?

That if people get a pay rise, the money is "pushed back into the economy".

(Including student loan repayments, "For women working in legal, financial or medical professions, graduates face a marginal taxation rate of up to 51%, which lasts for between 16 and 22 years.")

https://www.ucu.org.uk/media/8649/doc/pdf/LE_-_Impact_of_student_loan_repayments_on_graduate_taxation_July_17_-_embargo.pdf

 

[Vic]

No, as I said in my earlier post I think what the railways and nurses are asking for is justified and fair. I do equally believe that both the NHS and railways need to change some working practices, however I don’t think the pay rises should be conditional on those changes.

I apologise for missing that!

 

[Postman Pep]

I suppose this is what he meant by going to war on the unions

 

[Vic]

Nailed it.
As a teacher this is my opportunity to at least strike a blow, no matter how small or fleeting, against a sack of shit government who have ridden roughshod over the profession for years. We can’t retain staff, burnout is at an all time high, second only to health workers for stress-related illness.
This chance to have a voice, it couldn’t be passed up.
Same with nurses, they’re striking about pay but it’s the conditions and workload that’s the real reason.
You’ve absolutely nailed it there mate.

Local Tories (Labour council) complain about delays - planning, council tax queries, etc etc - but seem detached from the cuts in council funding over the last 12 years. Then make complaints that take up a huge amount of time for managers and the lawyers. People leave for less stressful and better-paid jobs, and recruiting isn't easy, so even the reduced departmental teams have vacancies to cover.

 

[meltonblue]

That’s some skill when we didn’t even spend £30bn on PPE!! Let alone on PPE that couldn’t be used. It was about £700m

It was 3 billion that couldn’t be used. We wrote off about 9 billion in total in the first year of the pandemic for PPE.

 

[carlosthejackal]

Heard an excellent point on the radio today “To all those complaining about unions ruining the Christmas holidays , if it hadn’t been for unions they wouldn’t be getting any holidays “

 

[johnnytapia]

Local Tories (Labour council) complain about delays - planning, council tax queries, etc etc - but seem detached from the cuts in council funding over the last 12 years. Then make complaints that take up a huge amount of time for managers and the lawyers. People leave for less stressful and better-paid jobs, and recruiting isn't easy, so even the reduced departmental teams have vacancies to cover.

Our longest serving teacher leaves tomorrow and starts as delivery driver for Ocado after Christmas. Less pay but infinitely less stress. Handed his notice in at beginning of term and I’ve seen the metaphorical yoke unshackled from his sagging shoulders. Such a shame and a great loss to the school and community. But he’s not alone.
Headship recruitment is at an all time low. I’m part of local Deputy Head cluster and nobody will be “stepping up”. Many stepping down to reduce stress and get some semblance of work/ life balance.

 

[meltonblue]

Every time you hear a Tory MP saying we can't afford to give workers a proper pay rise remember this:

Total wealth of Britain's billionaires

2012: £212 Billion
2022: £653 Billion
That's up over 3-fold.

The cost of meeting nurses’ demand for an inflation-busting pay rise: £1.6 billion.
The cost of Rishi Sunak’s bank tax giveaway: £7.3 billion.

Politics is all about choices, as it’s always been.…..

That’s the main issue to me. We’ve allowed the disparity of wealth to grow too large and it hasn’t had anything like a reset in a long while.

They can get away with it as long as they can give people at least the pretence that they’re doing ok. When you get to the point we’re at now with public services and those working within them seriously struggling, along with pretty much everyone else, that contract has essentially been broken - it’s gone way too far. Couple that with disposable income being needed throughout the chain to allow it to function, it does feel like we’re on the verge of being a broken country.