I find alot of vitriol against strikers is motivated by bitterness, the attitude that "I cannot/refuse to try and better my situation so I will actively try to stop or loudly denounce anyone who tries to better theirs". It is sad really but is quite a common attitude in the UK and not just to do with jobs.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1330812I wouldn't be so concerned if it wasn't for the fact that the reason why these public sector workers are striking is because central government is pushing more pressure on public sector employee's to follow instructions that are causing greater and greater problems for private sector employees. What public sector employee's are effectively striking for here in the UK today is for the right to recieve more money in exchange for the abuse they are inevitably recieving from private sectors employee's.
Examples are:
Private sector workers who are being sanctioned at the job centre for reasons that are completely unjustifiable and then advising these human beings whom have no money to buy a loaf of bread, to place their appeal in writing to a department that won't respond for atleast 14 days...
Police that are more concerned with arresting and searching 'suspects' than smiling and offering a helping hand.
Council officials who are more concerned with fining people who place their bin out on the street for collection several hours earlier than they are 'supposed to'.
Concerning your middle sentence I see it that both the private and public sector need each other, they both receive the benefits and services of each other.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1330812Precisely and therefore there shouldn't be ANY diversity in benefits, pension or ANY other entitlement WHATSOEVER.
Some private sector workers earn so much more than public and some public workers (like teaching assistants for example) earn so much less than many private sector workers and visa versa. I don't think it is fair to say that private sector workers have it worse, like you can lump them all together.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1330812I didn't 'lump them all together' I merely propose that there already exists an excessive chasm/diversity between the entitlements of public sector workers over and beyond that of the vast majority of private workers and that needs to be truncated with immediate effect.
Let us not forget, the reason why these public sector workers are striking... It is because they are recieving more abuse from private sector workers due to ever more intrusive central government policies and in effect, what public sector workers are striking for is the right to recieve more money and 'entitlements' for which in exchange they will gladly follow these instructions and thus continue to make life more difficult for private workers.
This, has no justification.
