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Originally Posted by me283
Andy,
No, I offer no sympathy to poorly paid workers, any more than you would rush up to congratulate highly paid employees. We all are dealt a hand in this life, and we make of it what we will. Sure, some are disadvantaged, and I can sympathise with them. But in short, if you aren't earning what you are worth, you move on.
As for the comment about contracts, I think it was made by a teacher? How on earth can someone who gets such a huge amount of holiday anyway be in a strong position to judge here?! (Apologies if that is in error).
Mr. Bliar is clearly looking for votes. Not a tough one to figure out. But I maintain my stance: when you accept a job, you accept the hours, days, conditions and rates that go with it. If all is not to your liking, don't sign up. If it is so very bad, nobody else will take the job.
As a point of interest, I notice that many posts here claim that having to take Bank Holidays out of your annual leave (let's say 20 days) is a huge hardship; strange, but I have worked with many ex-pat Americans whose annual entitlement is only 10 days, even whilst in the UK. And yet you think that we in the UK are Draconian?!
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Just because I'm a teacher doen't mean I can't stand up for those in poorly paid,low status jobs...or are us teachers all supposed to be card carrying Tories? My grandfather worked for over 30 years for his union and I'm rightly proud of his achievements in defending the downtrodden workers during his time as local branch secretary...
Your problem is that you are so anti-Blair you can't see straight.Well I've no time for Blair(too damned tory like for me) but I do have time for this suggestion...
As for that cr@p about not accepting poor conditions...if you turn down too many jobs you can find your benefits being cut....and so many employers know this fact.
I'm definitely going to have to unsubscribe before I say what I really THINK....