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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

We have - that's why militant trade unionism is irrelevant now. Perhaps a reminder of where the movement came from would be useful:



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About the only social reform unions are interested in now is trying to get socialism / communism (Bob Crow's words) on us, indeed a union boss recently commented that we should all pay more tax to preserve public sector jobs.





So who pays for the deadweight that Unions protect? Oh that'll be those customers they claim to care about. Companies will make their money somewhere and the unions holding their employer and in turn their customers to ransom is passed onto the consumer.

Unions don't care, at all, for anything besides getting the best deal for their members, regardless of the social or economic consequences. Unions are responsible for rampant inflation in the 70s and would happily do so again. They are, bizarrely, a group that claim to be socialist yet couldn't give two hoots about society.

My point was really quite simple. If you don't like your job you go elsewhere. If you've been in the same job for over 20 years you must like something about it, or you can't get a better deal elsewhere. If union members can't get a better deal elsewhere what makes them so special that they should be paid more and have better benefits than other people doing the same hours in the same job elsewhere?

There's the other issue with unions. They bleat on about equality, workers' rights, etc, but couldn't care less so long as their workers' get more rights and are more equal than everyone else.

Speak for yourself re: being a statistic by the way. I must have been more fortunate with my choice of employer.

I used to think that at your age. Now I just play them at their own game. Stay until things inevitably go downhill after 3 or 4 years then apply for voluntary redundancy. At least it got my mortgage paid off. You are in the hands of bean counters.