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Public sector strikes

People dont become military, fire, paramedics, nurse's etc for the money. But when the government take, take, take from you and say "oh well, I'm off to buy a £2000 duck house with your money dont take it personally" i do

You are doing a job like the rest of us. If you're not happy find another job. Working in the building trade the recession hit me pretty bad,sadly I didn't have the luxury of striking to get what I wanted,so I had to help myself.
The Government are screwing us all.
 
You are doing a job like the rest of us. If you're not happy find another job. Working in the building trade the recession hit me pretty bad,sadly I didn't have the luxury of striking to get what I wanted,so I had to help myself.
The Government are screwing us all.
Did you actually read my post. I do my job for the love of it not the money. When the government come after my money i take it personally. And thanks to the unions we are in a position to do something about it. your family have them to thank for keeping them safe tonight because believe me the emergency services would be drastically different if they had your attitude.
Have you stood over a person having a heart attack to be told the paramedics are 20 minutes away? No you havent because the unions fought to stop that happening.

Also Can you explain what the luxury of striking is because i cant think of one
 
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At least this time the firemen are striking for a reason more worthy in regards the age of retirement - no fireman should have to work past the age of 60
Not all firemen fight fires, whilst I agree that those on the front would find it too physically demanding there are a number who like to call themselves firemen whilst the closest they have come to a fire is when they burn their sausages on the BBQ.
 
Not all firemen fight fires, whilst I agree that those on the front would find it too physically demanding there are a number who like to call themselves firemen whilst the closest they have come to a fire is when they burn their sausages on the BBQ.
We call them senior management (i am sooooo sacked if my bosses see this)
 
Did you actually read my post. I do my job for the love of it not the money. When the government come after my money i take it personally. And thanks to the unions we are in a position to do something about it. your family have them to thank for keeping them safe tonight because believe me the emergency services would be drastically different if they had your attitude.
Have you stood over a person having a heart attack to be told the paramedics are 20 minutes away? No you havent because the unions fought to stop that happening.

Also Can you explain what the luxury of striking is because i cant think of one

Must be nice getting a decent salary for a job you love. The Government screw us all.
 
You maybe right as we normally only get a Tory Government after Liebour have emptied the till.


And a Labour government just after the Tories have sucked the country dry to fatten up their mates wallets
 
Must be nice getting a decent salary for a job you love. The Government screw us all.
it is nice and i busted my balls to get that job
Yes they do shaft us all mate but perhaps the grief they get from unions stops them shafting us all as much.
 
I can only talk about the military and along with playing with some really great toys and obviously be able to shoot people, we do join for the money, it's only later that we realise that the money is rubbish, however the toys are still good.
I have to say £1100 a month for blowing stuff up in a challenger 2 was great. I do miss the toys. Its ironic because the army was my worst paying job but i dont think ive had more money in my wallet since i left. Them where the days
 
Phil, i think it is beyond disgraceful what service men get but like me i dont know any military guys that are in it for the money. Just angers me when you have a job where people dodge bullets and get a pittance and some fat mp who was probably bullied at school earns 10x their wage and has the cheek to say "we can't afford to pay them more. Anyway I'm off to eat my breakfast and claim £35 for it"

And as for overtime, i wish. Earned £900 in overtime last financial year.
Also not 30k its 28.9 with £320 a month pension

But for the pension you will receive £320 pm is cheap and would be unobtainable in the private sector.

Eleven years ago I had to advise a company who had taken on a group of civilian employees from the MoD. The deal required this company to match the pension benefits of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme.

Within four years the costs of this had crippled the Company resulting in a major restructuring and redundancies including many employees who had never had the benefit of this Pension Scheme.

My point is that there are also many in the private sector who are having to endure pay freezes and will not have the benefits at retirement to, at least, look forward to.

No matter who was responsible for it we are all suffering from the effects of the recession.
 
But for the pension you will receive £320 pm is cheap and would be unobtainable in the private sector.

Eleven years ago I had to advise a company who had taken on a group of civilian employees from the MoD. The deal required this company to match the pension benefits of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme.

Within four years the costs of this had crippled the Company resulting in a major restructuring and redundancies including many employees who had never had the benefit of this Pension Scheme.

My point is that there are also many in the private sector who are having to endure pay freezes and will not have the benefits at retirement to, at least, look forward to.

No matter who was responsible for it we are all suffering from the effects of the recession.
All i want is what i agreed ti when i signed on the dotted line and not a penny more
 
Should have started in the 90's when ours started
In any job where your physical state is required for helping others should have been tested from the start and measures put in place to maintain (cft, bft ect) this should have happened waaaaay before now!
 
All i want is what i agreed ti when i signed on the dotted line and not a penny more

Far more people in the private sector have seen their pension benefits amended or schemes have even been wound up. It is all down to costs which, until recently, public sector employers have overlooked, relying upon the Treasury (tax-payer) to bail them out.

As I said the vast majority of us, both public and private sectors, are in this together.
 
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