Union leader says 2011 will be 'horrible' year
Union leader says 2011 will be 'horrible' year
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Halb

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53,012 posts

213 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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Union leader says 2011 will be 'horrible' year
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12092246
I bet not for him though;)

The unkindest cut of all, a 10% reduction in housing benefit after one year...wow, wish I could get my house paid for!biggrin

Silver993tt

9,064 posts

269 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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Hopefully it will be a great year if the unions disappeared for ever.

thatone1967

4,252 posts

221 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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what he probably meant was... 2011 will be a horrible year for you lot because us lazy s will strike at every opportunity!

furious

johnxjsc1985

15,948 posts

194 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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At least the strikes will lessen the wage bill.

Mojocvh

16,837 posts

292 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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thatone1967 said:
what he probably meant was... 2011 will be a horrible year for you lot because us lazy s will strike at every opportunity!

furious
^^^this^^^^ they want to engineer a regime change and the coalition are sleepwalking right into the trap.

johnxjsc1985

15,948 posts

194 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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Despite our wonderful Education system producing fantactically bright people we do seem to have an awful lot of Sheep hanging about.

Zaxxon

4,057 posts

190 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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Strikes???? Hoorah!!

More jobs around for us hard working, money grabbing contractors!!!

Yippeee, time to raise my daily rate again. smilesmilesmile



Edited by Zaxxon on Thursday 30th December 16:21

Pints

18,451 posts

224 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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johnxjsc1985 said:
Despite our wonderful Education system producing fantastically bright people we do seem to have an awful lot of socialists hanging about.
EFA

Eric Mc

125,759 posts

295 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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Is that a prediction or a threat?

Puggit

49,820 posts

278 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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Mojocvh said:
thatone1967 said:
what he probably meant was... 2011 will be a horrible year for you lot because us lazy s will strike at every opportunity!

furious
^^^this^^^^ they want to engineer a regime change and the coalition are sleepwalking right into the trap.
I agree that this is probably the objective...

...but how does showing socialist tendencies endear an alternative socialist government to the voting population. The majority of voters really are idiots.

Halb

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53,012 posts

213 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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Eric Mc said:
Is that a prediction or a threat?
Self fulfilling prophecy?biggrin

FourWheelDrift

92,345 posts

314 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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All they have to do to cut the Unions influence is to introduce a bill based around the current terrorist threat situation stating that all public service jobs (those controlled by the unions) fall under the sphere of emergency services. In times of emergency they will be supported and fully funded/provided with resources to deal with all acts of terrorism on the UK mainland blah blah blah.

Then 2 weeks later introduce a new bill stating that all emergency services due to the nature of possible terrorist threats are not allowed to strike (worded in more complex Sir Humphrey Appleby manner) as doing so will endanger lives. Union leaders then would be left with discussions without the threat of striking, possibly even charged with terrorism themselves if they tried, which IIRC is an introduced Labour Law so they'd get it from their own side.

Of course the 2nd bill needs to be smudged over a great deal but a 2 or even 3 stage bill could get the desired result.

Tsippy

15,078 posts

199 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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Could CMD perform a 'Dr Kelly' on Union leaders? Every regime is allowed at least one I'd have thought hehe

johnxjsc1985

15,948 posts

194 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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Considering that we are at Economic War some of their comments should be treated as treason.
We have had the class War battle I thought that was over why are they so desperate to fight it again.

DSM2

3,624 posts

230 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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Heard Serwotka (sp?) on the radio.

100% gold plated copper bottomed tt.

Says we need to keep the public sector employed, we need their tax and NI contributions. Still doesn't get that they are paid from tax and NI contributions and simply hand a bit back.

Also asked, twice, where he would get the money to invest in growth, which is his alternative to the cuts. Had no answer. At all.

What a moron.


otolith

69,312 posts

234 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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Why is the modern union movement so interested in benefits? Why does it support bigger deductions from the pocket of the working man in order to give more to those who do not work? Would the men who founded the movement for the right to work think much of the Jeremy Kyle class?

johnxjsc1985

15,948 posts

194 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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otolith said:
Why is the modern union movement so interested in benefits? Why does it support bigger deductions from the pocket of the working man in order to give more to those who do not work? Would the men who founded the movement for the right to work think much of the Jeremy Kyle class?
No if you talk to people in their 70's and 80's they are horrifed by the apparent Lazy people that claim benefits and they simply dont understand the concept of modern poverty when compared to their own childhood their is no such thing today as poverty.

turbobloke

117,319 posts

290 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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The top trot troglodytes must think a majority of the public will side with their uppity fellow fossils.

Not sure that's necessarily so, they may end up competing with the libdims for fastest drop in public support.

johnxjsc1985

15,948 posts

194 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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I think Red Ed uses the same Pr guru's and spin Doctors as Roy Hodgson.

madala

5,063 posts

228 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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....friggen unions.....bunch of twunts.