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No.
Yes
(although I don't think anything will be achieved)
deleted as this is a yes/no thread
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plenty of private sector wages have down not up (especially at the sharp end not director level)
And the unions are one of the few forces with any clout at all arguing that the gap between boardroom pay and ordinary workers pay is unjustified and unsustainable, for public AND private sector workers.
Yes for the following reason
Wait a cotton picking minute, isnt this a yes and no only thread?!
No
NO
Yep.
Just got back from the picket line where passersby on their way to work were overwhelmingly in support.
No
(I work in the public sector)
Yes
Yes
Yes.
For the following reasons:
That you can read in many of the other threads.
very no.
NO
No
very no.
That doesn't count as double you know? 😉
No,
/troll/ Of course the yes's will be in the majority on here - the work shy public workers are all on STW instead of manning the picketlines! /troll/ 😉
Yes. I work in the private sector.
Yes.
NO !
No
Yes
These people provide us with essential services that underpin our society, we need the very best people doing this and we need to reward them properly, not just pensions but also in general terms and conditions.
I work in the private sector.
Yes.
I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.
You can't do that with peoples lives. Also the whole divide and rule thing is very distateful, pitting public workers against private with the eager backing of the bastard media.
No
Future generations will suffer. We're living longer so these pensions are too generous now. Anything other than money purchase is just wrong these days.
No
FS schemes are no longer appropriate due to rising ages of mortality, they will financially cripple the state if changes are not made now.
NO
Yes
No
Public
YES.
Private sector.
NO
their demands are unreasonable unsustainable for taxpayers IMHO
NO to the power of NO - Union membership cancelled the day the decison was made to call strike action
public sector worker, 100% attendance at our workplace (about 1000 employees)
Yes
yes
Yes.
Private sector.
[b]NO[/b]
I can't speak on behalf of all my colleagues, but i'd like to express my thanks for the support shown towards the strikers in this thread/on this board. It is appreciated.
Yes.
It's not a pensions contribution, it's a tax increase.
Yes
But i have chosen to work today as the only person being inconvenienced by me having the day off would have been me.
Everyone in our department is in work today (FE College).
NO
Yes I do
- Whether or not a change needs to be made, it's political opportunism to go for these pensions under the guise of sorting the deficit in the short term and the spin and the braying bullshit coming out of Westminster needs to be rebuffed