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suburbanreuben":3va193se said:Deluded bullshit!brocklanders023":3va193se said:MikeD":3va193se said:Businesses don't usually strike because they do not have effective Unions to do all the work for them.
I'm not sure what point you're making here. Industrial action is hardly unique to the public sector, and there are plenty of active trade unions representing private sector workers.
(I don't get holiday pay, sick pay, overtime, healthcare or anything and my pension is lousy. Being self-employed, though, I don't think striking is the way forward for me)
My point is that the reason conditions in the private section are so bad is that no one stood up to defend them. People that give away their conditions should not get so upset at those that choose to defend them.
Conditions in the private sector are getting worse because if you aint prepared to work for £X an hour with no pension, there is someone overseas who will gladly do it for a tenth of £X.
The world is catching up with us, and we have to accept that we, all of us, are going to be a lot poorer because of foreign competition.
At thye moment, many foreign workers are happy to work just to survive.
If they follow the western model, eventually they will be unionised and living standards willl rise to our level and possibly beyond.
Now though, they aren't worried about pensions because no one expects to live that long.
Our cosy little world is falling apart, and no-one is immune from the effects.
So that goes for every job in the private sector then does it?