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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?
Posted by: Bernadette Paul
Date/Time: 09/07/09 09:41:00

Are those posters advocating strikes and bemoaning the size of public workers' par rises for real?  Don't you realise your pay rises no matter how small are paid for out of the taxes raised from those in the private sector who, if they are anything like me, have not even had a rise for the last 4 years!  I have mentioned this before in postings but once more, my daughter is a civil servant working for the HO.  When she took up her job 10 years ago she started on a salary £5,000 p.a. lower than me, she now earns £15,000 more than me.  OK she has moved up a couple of grades but she has never not had an annual increase and she has frequently been awarded performance bonuses - something I have never received.  I work in a high street solicitors and I can tell you I work with good lawyers who have been qualified and practising for many years and who still do not earn as much as my niece who is a teacher, another bunch that never stop moaning.

Don't you people realise that the majority of people in employment in the UK are employed by small businesses many of whom work for nothing more than minimum wage, how many rises do you suppose they get?  In the private sector you presumably get paid on results unlike the public sector where every sort of nitwit can expect an increase.

I have two sons in law doing completely different jobs, neither of whom have had a pay increase for the last 3 years.  One works in financial services and his salary is purportedly bonus driven.  In other words he doesn't get pay increases but does rely on bonuses.  He has this year achieved above target but the bonus has vanished - economic climate don't you know!  Unscrupulous employers who may actually be in a position to reward employees (few though they may be) seize the opportunity to squeeze the last drop of work out of the staff on the basis that they should think themselves lucky to have jobs. 


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 00:11:00 Carrie Reichardt
   Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 00:14:00 Colin Murphy
      Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 01:16:00 Dan Filson
         Re:Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 07:36:00 Adam Beamish
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 08:03:00 Ben Willcocks
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 08:14:00 Micki Hawkes
   Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 08:22:00 Will Watson
      Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 08:46:00 Vanessa Smith
         Re:Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 08:51:00 Susan Kelly
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 09:05:00 Emily Robinson
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 09:11:00 Steve Chilcott
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 09:22:00 Robert Austin
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 09:40:00 Ben Willcocks
                     @ Ben Willcocks09/07/09 11:22:00 Ed Yelland
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 09:41:00 Bernadette Paul
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 10:18:00 Malcolm Peltu
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 10:20:00 Colin Murphy
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 11:16:00 Emma Stone
   Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 10:39:00 Richard Kay
      Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 11:05:00 Micki Hawkes
         Re:Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 11:58:00 Alexandra Moore
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 12:30:00 Adam Beamish
         Re:Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 11:58:00 Alexandra Moore
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?09/07/09 12:10:00 Colin Murphy
   A staggering 26%09/07/09 11:25:00 Ken Munn
      Re:A staggering 26%09/07/09 13:01:00 Ben Willcocks
         Re:Re:A staggering 26%09/07/09 13:53:00 Adam Beamish
            Re:Re:Re:A staggering 26%09/07/09 15:47:00 Ben Willcocks
               Re:Re:Re:Re:A staggering 26%09/07/09 16:06:00 Adam Beamish
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:A staggering 26%09/07/09 16:09:00 Adam Beamish
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:A staggering 26%09/07/09 16:38:00 Malcolm Peltu
                        Come out and play09/07/09 17:34:00 Susan Kelly
                           Re:Come out and play09/07/09 18:06:00 Ken Munn
                              Re:Re:Come out and play09/07/09 20:51:00 Carrie Reichardt
                                 @ Carrie10/07/09 09:35:00 Ed Yelland
                                    Re:@ Carrie10/07/09 09:46:00 Steve Chilcott
   Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?10/07/09 10:11:00 Stewart Dean
   Re:Time for a Genral Strike of all public workers?10/07/09 15:21:00 Richard Kay

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