BarneyRubble":3nua81r2 said:
I work in the private sector and on a largely commission based pay structure. I have NO benefits, work fairly long hours and am expected to deliver at least £110k in profit to the company each year in order to keep my job. When I want a payrise I am told - work harder, for longer. If I don't like it, do you know what I can do...that's right, nothing other than find another job.
This was the same rhetoric that swayed a lot of people during the miners' strikes. "You have no rights. Why should
they have rights?"
There's no reason we shouldn't
all have the rights the postmen demand, but to get them we need solidarity - especially so when times are hard. That's why we need unions.
The alternative is a race to the bottom.