Ticia wrote:
Turquoise wrote:
Ticia wrote:
Because they are a...public service. There's no alternative to the Tube, passengers have pre-payed passes and ride tickets, employers are solely responsible for this mess so they are the ones who have to fix it, not their workers.
When my employees fail me most times is more difficult to fire them than to hire temporary replacements, labor laws protect the workers not the companies, does that piss me off? Most of the times. Do i think the law should change? No. Before us the fight was long and hard for those rights.
I guess this is where I'm more of a conservative economically.
I support opening up the labor market completely, which means hiring and firing when employers please. This is especially relevant in a market where the only option is a public service. They have a monopoly, so they should be completely subject to the public's will.
If the public is inconvenienced by a strike, they should be able to take their wrath out on the strikers by pushing for them to be fired.
Ah on the contrary, my friend. Because they are a public service and have the monopoly they need stricter labor laws. Don't let the London chaos fool you, the public will is always on the workers side.
JohnG@lt wrote:
Public sector workers should never be allowed to organize. They're already sucking at the taxpayer tit.
But they're also the ones who fall first. This year they'll have a 5% cut on their salaries.
Lol you have no idea how little private sector employees give a shit about you getting paid more, as far as im concerned my industry couldn't get tax breaks to improve our competitiveness with Canada because the public sector is massively overinflated and costing our country far too much. Tbh if your so unemployable you can't get a private sector job you should just be grateful for a public sector job. It should be a last resort.
As to the pay. Wah, my heart bleeds for people that are doing less skilled labour than me yet are getting paid more. Lets face it, public sector pay is massively over inflated and so are public sector benefits.