my mothers partner is on strike tomorrow and he is glad that they have a chance to send the government a message tomorrow
Well my mum is. She drives this bus for disabled people. takes them out shopping, gets a few dressed in the mornings an that. She refuses to pass the picket line so has asked to keep the bus at her house so she can still get people up out of bed an that. If that fails she's goin to just make her way to people who badly need her as in literally can't move
my mothers partner will be he got the 6 in the morning till 1 o clock strike and i know this strike will cripple because its all civil servants from the staff that work in dail eireann like my mothers partner to health staff and educational staff and anyone else that is paid by the state except the garda and army staff as it against their contract to strike
just back from my shift on the picket.i think everyone was a bit apprehensive and worried about the reaction we were going to get from the passing public but i can honestly say there was nothing but support shown to us all morning. looks like the public/private divide the govt tried to manufacture is not working...
no one passed our picket but a truck went in to the place across the road,at that stage they had no one outside their gate.a few of us were going to go over and stop the truck from coming back out but it wasn't really our business so we left it...
It is people's right to strike and send a message but to be honest I don't think it will change anything. It's right to stand up for what you believe in but I don't think the government will be too bothered by it.
What's everyone striking for anyway.. haven't been listening to the news in a while.. traffic was great this morning by the way
i dont think many of the public service could afford to go out on a 4 day strike especially all the ones who earn 30k a year and the ones whos partner have recently lost their jobs
Has there been any information on the potential pay cuts? Is it at all levels? Surely get at middle management who earn a fortune for doin feck all. Leave the people who provide valuable services alone and get at the pen pushers. 10% pay cuts for anyone in Public Sector over 70k would be a lot better than a 5% paycut for all.
It's about making up the numbers. The problem with trying to ONLY cut/tax the higher earners is that there is less people who earn in that bracket, so you won't make enough of a saving/tax income. By all means the higher paid should get a higher burden but the numbers don't add up until the bulk of workers take some cut. That is basic economics but I still expect to be attacked for stating this...
How many will be doing their Christmas Shopping - Dundrum and the likes is packed i'd say - born red 79's Mam and those doing good work not included but I have been in Plannning Offices and the likes - lots of tea slurping, biscuit eating and chatting . . . .
my attitude and that of all the people picketing with me this morning is that it's better to take a few weeks of hits in november and december of this year than to take a year of hits after the budget. a 5+% hit in your annual wages is a hell of a lot more than a few days/weeks hit...
The father and brother are both in the council and are out on picket today with my full support. The brother reckons that if he has to take a 5% paycut he'll be earning less than he did when he started 4 years ago. I doubt you could say the same for any of our beloved politicians.
Why could this not be done on Saturday? My other half works in after school on a school premises. She is not public sector and has already suffered 20% pay decrease and these strike days are costing her days pay as they cant cross the picket She cannot afford the day off but has no choice - why not do it on a Saturday?
Because most of them dont work Saturdays, that would make it a protest and not a strike. Anyway Tuesday is a great day to go to Newry . 5 mile tailbacks into Newry today, that doesnt look good in PR terms.