stevie inglis Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Glasgow gyms and libraries shut today..... Fekkers on strike.. Sack em all http://discuss.glasgowguide.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=18252 "Culture and Sport Glasgow's management proposals include a pay freeze, payment of all overtime at single time, and the removal of six public holidays as premium payment days. In addition, staff are expected to absorb losses of up to £1500 per year from their paypackets as the opening hours of a number of CSG-managed venues (including museums and sports centres) are cut." Pay freeze.....Welcome to the real world No higher rate of OT ......Dont do it then Six public holidays at normal rate .......I only get the big four public holidays a year.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Maybe we'd better get used to it, as I can envisage massive strike action in the years ahead, regardless of who gets into power after the election. The bankers will still be creaming it off, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Glasgow gyms and libraries shut today..... Fekkers on strike.. Sack em all http://discuss.glasgowguide.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=18252 "Culture and Sport Glasgow's management proposals include a pay freeze, payment of all overtime at single time, and the removal of six public holidays as premium payment days. In addition, staff are expected to absorb losses of up to £1500 per year from their paypackets as the opening hours of a number of CSG-managed venues (including museums and sports centres) are cut." Pay freeze.....Welcome to the real world No higher rate of OT ......Dont do it then Six public holidays at normal rate .......I only get the big four public holidays a year.......... Dry yer eyes. A £1500 pay cut? Good luck to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie inglis Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 A spokesman for Culture and Sport Glasgow said: "Around one-in-seven of our staff voted for strike action and the trade unions are fully aware that the public sector is not immune from the current financial crisis. "We have consistently made it clear that our priority is to protect both services and jobs. "In order to make the savings necessary to achieve this, we must change the way we work - or be forced to consider job cuts." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8652514.stm Its not a pay cut in real terms...loss of OT is not a pay cut....if they dont like it they can go work for a private gym at 13k... Library staff on 20k ffsss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy davie Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 It's not even like they even work hard ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy davie Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 It's not even like they even work hard ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediocre Pundit Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 The bankers will still be creaming it off, of course. Calm your jets - the vast majority of us are simple hard-working tax payers. Don't let the politicians scape-goating fool you. My salary has dropped from £40k to £34k over the last two years. Colleagues have had the same. But this "shared pain" keeps some staff in jobs therefore is totally the right thing to do. If only these striking public sector workers had this attitude... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Calm your jets - the vast majority of us are simple hard-working tax payers. Don't let the politicians scape-goating fool you. My salary has dropped from £40k to £34k over the last two years. Colleagues have had the same. But this "shared pain" keeps some staff in jobs therefore is totally the right thing to do. If only these striking public sector workers had this attitude... Apologies for any misunderstanding; I certainly didn't mean everybody who works in the banking industry when I mentioned "bankers". But I'm sure you'll know exactly what type of bankers I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Library staff on 20k ffsss Not bad for learning the 'Dewey Decimal System' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JobbyMahoney Posted May 1, 2010 Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 Calm your jets - the vast majority of us are simple hard-working tax payers. Don't let the politicians scape-goating fool you. My salary has dropped from £40k to £34k over the last two years. Colleagues have had the same. But this "shared pain" keeps some staff in jobs therefore is totally the right thing to do. If only these striking public sector workers had this attitude... Yup, same here, 20% pay cut last year and no sign of it improving. Rather that than have no job at all. Some public sector workers get right on my tit ends sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggyman Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 (edited) Pay Freeze---lucky them i HAD to take a pay cut roughly about £1200 a year and then 9 months later the place shut No higher rate of O/T--o deary me what a shame dont do it then least youve got a feckin job Six public holidays at normal rate----pack yer job in then and get 365 days holiday every year Edited May 2, 2010 by Jaggyman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin energy Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Yes its a race to the bottom, how dare workers stand up for themselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryc Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 when everyone gets a fair days pay for a fair days work then I'll not support their strike but unfortunately the world we live in is full of greedy people and inequalities. Sorry for caring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggyman Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Yes its a race to the bottom, how dare workers stand up for themselves Nonsense its about people realising that cuts are going to have to be made and as long as the cuts are from top to bottom( e.g everyone loses 5% of their wages )then its fair. Its better to lose 5% of your wages than your job.In saying that it didnt do me any good we took a pay cut to save 100 extra people being made redundant, but 9 months later they closed my branch down.At the end of the day if a company wants to cut wages it can All it has to do is give you notice that its terminating your contract and offer you a new contract at the revised conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angry gaz Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 There is a lot of ill informed bollox in this thread.Many Public public sector workers have had Pay CUTS over the last few years.I myself lost 3k off my wages and seen many workers on 15k or less have their salary reduced.We do live in the real world and the strikers who are coming out are doing it to protect their jobs and their families IN THE REAL WORLD. Public services are about to get slashed and when you can't get your children a decent education or your bins emptied or your road fixed try complaining then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie inglis Posted May 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Striking again this thursday..... Wonder how many of them will be working at polling stations for 150 quid cash in hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy davie Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 (edited) Yes its a race to the bottom, how dare workers stand up for themselves "workers" - that's a laugh. get the feckeurs into the private sector for an idea of what work actually is... Edited May 9, 2010 by crazy davie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semi Nurainen Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 (edited) There is a lot of ill informed bollox in this thread.Many Public public sector workers have had Pay CUTS over the last few years.I myself lost 3k off my wages and seen many workers on 15k or less have their salary reduced.We do live in the real world and the strikers who are coming out are doing it to protect their jobs and their families IN THE REAL WORLD. Public services are about to get slashed and when you can't get your children a decent education or your bins emptied or your road fixed try complaining then Yes, and isn't it very funny that your govenment has set aside fourteen billions of pounds (or do you now have Euros like us?) to bomb the skeida out of the Afghanis? (And they also call it 'stabilisation', like in Iraq) When your schools have hardly any resources and your roads are full of holes. Great sense of humour the British. Very funny indeed, if you understood, Finnish of course. Edited May 9, 2010 by Semi Nurainen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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