31st October 2006, 12:33 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by garybrun
Do you all have a job to go to so you can break the company???...
This thread reminds me of the Maggie Thatcher and Arthur Scargill...
You accepted the payment the day you took on the job and then complain that its not enough...
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Gary you are wrong, on several counts.
First off, there isn't a shortage of jobs, and permanent staff at any company could probably move on without too much difficulty as long as they are prepared to move to another part of the country. However, that may be a lot to ask.
Secondly, in the recent past, pay at certain unit(s) has been frozen for several years at a time. Temporary workers may only accept a wage they find acceptable (as you describe) however, some longer term staff have seen their wages effectively cut as a reward for their loyalty. That's not quite the same as the Thatcherite viewpoint you put forward.
Another very important way in which this is nothing like the miners' strike is that it is about individuals in a single company. There isn't any hint of group action by those staff, let alone industry-wide pressure. The ideas put forward by HB, KC and I (that they should find employment elsewhere) are from a basically capitalist/individualist perspective not unlike yours (your total lack of sympathy notwithstanding).
Finally, I disagree entirely with Dr. Pete's request for facts (if not balance). As you point out Pete, this is pure hearsay. I think it would be better to stick to Gizmo's central point, and not his cited example. All points made in both my posts are general comments.
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