Council workers walk out over pay

[oracleslave]

Summer loving had me a blast
Summer loving happened so fast
I met a girl crazy for me...

Tell me more, tell me more

[shoes]

If you sacked half of them no services would be affected.

Just sack the right half. That'll be the ones striking.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Any excuse for a bit of Shakespeare. Genius.

- Bloody Liar

This is what Richard III actually said,

Now is the summer of our sweet content,
Made o'er-cast winter by these Tudor clouds.
And I that am not shaped for black-faced war,
I that am rudely cast and want true majesty,
Am forced to fight,
To set sweet England free.
I pray to Heaven we fare well,
And all who fight us go to Hell.


As chronicled in “The Foretelling” part of the saga of Lord BlackAdder.

[Moscow Mule]

Does anybody else remember the last time there was rubbish left lying in the streets because of the refuse collectors strike?

When was that...?

Wasn't there a localised one about a year ago. Can't remember where though.

[DiscoStu]

Here are my thoughts on the matter.

To the idiot union leader I heard on Radio 4 this morning harping on about how the pay increases they were demanding were totally affordable:
Have you seen the state of our government's finances? Do you not realise that government borrowing is so high because of the cost of our bloated public sector? Muppet.

To the public sector workers:
We're about to go into a horrible recession. You have some of the most secure jobs in the country. If you don't like what you're being offered then go and work in the private sector where you won't be able to work 8 hours a week with god-knows how many flexi-days, duvet days, doss around pretending to work days and you'll probably get fired for being rubbish. Suck it up and stop complaining.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Here are my thoughts on the matter.

To the idiot union leader I heard on Radio 4 this morning harping on about how the pay increases they were demanding were totally affordable:
Have you seen the state of our government's finances? Do you not realise that government borrowing is so high because of the cost of our bloated public sector? Muppet.

To the public sector workers:
We're about to go into a horrible recession. You have some of the most secure jobs in the country. If you don't like what you're being offered then go and work in the private sector where you won't be able to work 8 hours a week with god-knows how many flexi-days, duvet days, doss around pretending to work days and you'll probably get fired for being rubbish. Suck it up and stop complaining.

Disco Stu - next Chairman of ACAS (part time head of Relate)

I am pretty much in agreement though speaking as (an admittedly well-paid) geezer who hasn't had a pay rise in 3 years.

[chris79]

Here are my thoughts on the matter.
To the public sector workers:
We're about to go into a horrible recession. You have some of the most secure jobs in the country. If you don't like what you're being offered then go and work in the private sector where you won't be able to work 8 hours a week with god-knows how many flexi-days, duvet days, doss around pretending to work days and you'll probably get fired for being rubbish. Suck it up and stop complaining.

LOL! I like that.

[TheBigYinJames]

I am pretty much in agreement though speaking as (an admittedly well-paid) geezer who hasn't had a pay rise in 3 years.

That's the otehr annoying thing, we only get pay rises when our skills and experience rise - we earn it. Not just because some union guy threatened not to empty our bins for it.

[Alf W]

Unison general secretary Dave Prentis said: "The pounds in local government workers' pockets are turning to pennies," he said.

"The cost of everyday essentials like milk, baccy, bread, stella, petrol, lotto tickets, gas, Xbox games and electricity are going through the roof - our members cannot afford to take another cut in their pay."

Unite national officer Peter Allenson said its members were "living on the breadline".

BBC

[ace00]

I took the "self-starter" part of the contract blurb to heart and managed my own raise by:
a. Getting paid to post drivel here.
b. Nicking 1 bottle of mineral water from the kitchen area per day. That alone is nearly +2 quid extra to my daily rate. Boomed!