The undervaluing of medical professionals on this forum is pretty crazy.
If we weren't rapidly becoming a fatter and unhealthier nation too maybe you could dismiss it.
Train drivers? Over 1k a week isn't enough?
In this case the government. Personally I think we should offer strong wages and working conditions to attract and retain the best quality.
I’m sure on a matter as important as healthcare you agree.
And what happens when somebody decides the strong wage they were happy with last year needs to be 30% more the year after.Who actually establishes what strong wages are?
Nah, it's saying it because we're struggling to retain doctors and we're relying on an increasing proportion of foreign labour to keep the health service going.I'm asking how it's defined.
It's all well and good saying it over and over every time somebody wants to strike but define it.
You only have to see what the train driver union thing as bad working conditions. (The poor sods having to use a tablet)
So what are you defining as a strong wage and working condition in this instance?Nah, it's saying it because we're struggling to retain doctors and we're relying on an increasing proportion of foreign labour to keep the health service going.
Not sure if mentioned on here but Jake berry has left Tories for Reform
Doctors take years of qualifying. Firemen on less than half the wage. Train drivers over 1k a week on average.I guess that's another question, whether their wages compare with doctors, firemen etc etc.
Genuine question, at what point would some of you say "taking the piss now" with people demanding pay rises or striking?
I'm not a healthcare professional, but in teaching the working conditions are a far bigger issue than the pay. So there needs to be more done to cap class sizes, reduce administrative work, change the culture of unpaid overtime as an expectation etc etc. The point being that the quality of education children will ultimately also improve.So what are you defining as a strong wage and working condition in this instance?
Doctors take years of qualifying. Firemen on less than half the wage. Train drivers over 1k a week on average.
I was a member of Unite for nearly 30 years. The amount of years we went against their advice is unbelievable. I got to know people like Rayner. I don't trust them anymore. They're not for the general public but for themselves. Look at Rayner and the council house she bought then rented out. Said she lived in but didn't before selling.
Never. That’s entirely within their rights. When you have a single employer your options are limited and industrial action is one of the few forces that raises wages.
Why are you so bothered with what other people earn? Either they price themselves out of the market or they don’t.
To be clear, the happiest countries on the planet are also the most heavily unionised. They seem to manage just fine.So no matter what they earn, it will never be enough.
So no matter what they earn, it will never be enough.
Complain?What a random thing to complain about. Pure coincidence there was a load of nothing stories about it I guess.
They're not all employed by a single employer so your point as irrelevant reallyComplain?
Do you think train drivers on over 1k a week get paid enough? They don't think so. The next lot of threatened strikes will be in about 6 months.
How do you think wages are set? Do you think there’s some correct wage we’re all aiming for? You get what you can negotiate with the tools at your disposal.
Shelf stackers can’t strike because there’s twenty others willing to do the job for the same conditions. If the same is true of anyone else then they lose bargaining power, otherwise they have it. This is how wages are decided.
Public sector workers can’t negotiate with their employer and can’t leave for another so often the only tool they have is strikes. Do I want a world where workers have no tools to raise wages? Obviously not because people earning good wages is a good thing and not something to be jealous of. Ironically considering how you normally talk about anyone earning above the average as gods own people.
I doubt trains will still be driven by humans in the future in any case.Complain?
Do you think train drivers on over 1k a week get paid enough? They don't think so. The next lot of threatened strikes will be in about 6 months.
You really are so ridiculously childish, why are you inventing a scenario to justify your anger?So again, you don't think there's a point where people can be taking the piss? They can demand 29% every couple of years else they go on strike?
What happens when the firemen want in on it, then police, etc?
It's not about being jealous to point this out or ask where does it stop.
The point is that for a decade and a half we tried doing all of this on the cheap, freezing pay and gradually overseeing a decline in working conditions. Had we not had negligence on this for so long the overall cost would probably have been lower.So again, you don't think there's a point where people can be taking the piss? They can demand 29% every couple of years else they go on strike?
What happens when the firemen want in on it, then police, etc?
It's not about being jealous to point this out or ask where does it stop.
You really are so ridiculously childish, why are you inventing a scenario to justify your anger?
Bloody firemen trying to live like kingsHow is it inventing a scenario? You don't think people will jump on the bandwagon if they see others getting close to 60% rise in 5 years?
Is it?They're not all employed by a single employer so your point as irrelevant really
On less than half of train drivers. I'm sorry but I see firefighters as more important than train drivers yet there's a massive gulf in pay.Bloody firemen trying to live like kings
Even Grendel agrees that rail should be nationalised in this country. When the house contrarian is agreeing with the common sense position it's time to pound the gavelIs it?
We need to have train services to be brought into something sustainable instead of giving millions to foreign companies that make an absolute fortune each year. Recently I tried to buy a train ticket from London to Edinburgh. They wanted nearly £150 to get me from Stansted to Edinburgh. Got a flight for less than £20. Can someone please explain why it costs many multiples to get the train other than flying?
And the sooner the better.I doubt trains will still be driven by humans in the future in any case.
Probably worth pointing out they weren't happy with what they got a couple of years ago.Just like what they were happy with a couple of years ago is now 30% short.. then the next couple of years, then the next.
I think it's important for both to be well paid. I wouldn't want an unqualified schmuck driving trains and I equally don't want people to be underpaid putting themselves in danger for the emergency services. Not sure who 'deserves' the higher wage.On less than half of train drivers. I'm sorry but I see firefighters as more important than train drivers yet there's a massive gulf in pay.
What's this got to do with the point that train drivers are employed by separate companies?Is it?
We need to have train services to be brought into something sustainable instead of giving millions to foreign companies that make an absolute fortune each year. Recently I tried to buy a train ticket from London to Edinburgh. They wanted nearly £150 to get me from Stansted to Edinburgh. Got a flight for less than £20. Can someone please explain why it costs many multiples to get the train other than flying?
They just can't see that they're pricing themselves out of a job. When it finally happens they will blame everyone but themselves.Even Grendel agrees that rail should be nationalised in this country. When the house contrarian is agreeing with the common sense position it's time to pound the gavel
If I were being cynical, I'd say that privately the union can see what's on the horizon and is trying to get its members as much as it can before the inevitable. Though to reiterate, they should be well paid and they should have working conditions that don't ultimately put passengers at risk from incompetent or incapacitated drivers.They just can't see that they're pricing themselves out of a job. When it finally happens they will blame everyone but themselves.
Seems to be the mantra for executives and shareholders.Just need to give everybody loads more money, simples.
I agree. But when one doesn't even get half of the others it shows something is wrong.I think it's important for both to be well paid. I wouldn't want an unqualified schmuck driving trains and I equally don't want people to be underpaid putting themselves in danger for the emergency services. Not sure who 'deserves' the higher wage.
Aren't you arguing they shouldn't get such a big pay rise?The English doctors seem happy to be trained here and then leave to Australia where they are paid more. I am sure there is a way the government could stop that.
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