Here we go - leading to a General Strike
 

http://news.sky.com/story/1060998/ci...-on-budget-day

Announced today, l can see this going to to lead to a general strike, the government are saying that this is a trivial matter, I don't, and this time l will strike for the first time in my life.

My bills have all gone up, and yet my wages have not gone up for three years, my pension payments have gone up, we are now counting the pennies and no longer able to afford luxuries.

My rent has gone up to nearly £180.00 per week for a council property, we have had to make cuts, and yet my family is being severely effected by the increased in bills ie petrol, electricity while the people that run these companies are giving them self big bonuses, and now today we find another company on the High Street is axing jobs.

We have the budget in a few weeks time and l am sure it will be even worse than what we are expecting.

Someone has to say enough is enough, What we don't see is MPs saying we will take a pay cut to ease the financial problems.

For the first time ever - l will strike:(

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They are lucky to have a job, many would love a job.

They should knuckle down and work.

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I still can't get over the fact that Arthur is posting working links. :D

(Well done Arthur :tu:)

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Yes and be walked all over, bloody plebs don't know how lucky they are. Fortunately the days of serfdom are long gone in this country and if people want to stand up for the rights then good luck to them imo.

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Didn't realise you were a Civil Servant, Arthur...

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What a bizarre thread. I'm not sure Arthur quite understands what a general strike actually is, how one would come about and what the implications of one would be, given the much-reduced trade union membership since the days when mass walk-outs were all the rage.

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There won't be a General strike. There is unlikely to even be a protest of any substance.

This is another thread that will probably deteriorate into the usual suspects proclaiming their anti-union stance..... I'll get my union bingo card out. Eyes down for the 70s ;) First mention of Thatcher and I've got a full house. ;)

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I'll take 84 and Scargill, the creature from the Pit. ;)

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:D

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And l will take the number 90 and the disasters of the dreaded Poll Tax.;):naughty:

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If you think ANY public job (at least below senior civil service management) is secure then frankly you are a little naive.

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I wish that was all my mortgage was...

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I want to know what type of council house Arthurs living in for £180 p/w rent

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My rent two years ago was £130 per week and in that time it has gone up to £180 per week.

I live in a normal three bedroom, but we have high overheads in this house, our electricity has gone up, council tax etc.

We have to find the cheapest place for fuel, as in my job l need my car, and yes l do work in the public sector, and l am fuming that the coalition come out with all this bedroom tax stuff and not once do they say right we will introduce a tax for the rich.

Yes, there are people that will take a job on a low wage, but how can you live on £15/16.000 per year. And the government have today given 100 million pounds to the Afgahan government to look for gems etc.

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High earners are paying so much tax it would make your eyes water Arthur, if you were forced to imagine paying it yourself. I know this will go in one ear and out the other, but it happens to be true. You could empty the bank account of every rich man in Britain and you still wouldn't have enough money to return to the illusion of wealth Liebour was portraying until the wheels fell off their debt-fuelled bandwagon in 2008.

You seem to want to live in a 1970s time warp in which hard work and rich rewards are punished by the state and our economy is stomped all over by high and mighty trade union barons. As fantasies go, I think it's quite perverse.

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I'm not trying to be mean but it's noticeable how Arthur has always done the job that get's a hammering from the government at one point or another... just saying. ;)

---------- Post added at 16:32 ---------- Previous post was at 16:31 ----------

Socialism at it's best.... ;)

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Yes, but this government cannot keep treating the workforce of this country as they don't exist and making them work longer and pay more into pensions.

If they want to make cutbacks - then they should start at the top.

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Making them pay more into pensions so they have a better retirement - heartless barstewards...

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We can all take the Mick, but, wages are being cut for the workers, yet the bosses raise their own pay, the government say "drastic cuts are needed", yet they want to award themselves a 30 odd % pay rise, something is very wrong. It doesn't take much intelligence to see something stinks here.

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Who's wages are being cut ?