Union backlash over public sector pay freeze
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Leaders of Britain's biggest unions vow to resist chancellor's freeze on workers who "risked everything".
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If we can’t afford a pay rise for public sector workers we should not be sending aid oversea.
Overseas aid promotes investment opportunities for the UK.
The trouble is that the government don't want to pay for meals for starving kids in the UK but do want to spend £15bn on defence. The money is there for the priority areas of the hard-right.
The trouble is that the government don't want to pay for meals for starving kids in the UK but do want to spend £15bn on defence. The money is there for the priority areas of the hard-right.
Wow, really got me with that one. I don't want pay rises public sectors workers or foreign aid.
I wouldn't mind overseas aid so much if it was ultimately spent on JLR cars rather than Mercedes Benz.
we need a strong defence more now than ever !! so your comments are stupid..
We can feed kids, but why are they not being fed by their parents ? they all get benefits if not working, my parents were not rich, but I always had a meal. Potatoes don't cost much.. Need to understand the root cause rather than just moan about starving kids
We can feed kids, but why are they not being fed by their parents ? they all get benefits if not working, my parents were not rich, but I always had a meal. Potatoes don't cost much.. Need to understand the root cause rather than just moan about starving kids
Otherwise known as the same cronyism you criticise the gov for
Just scratching some ones back some where
Just scratching some ones back some where
All responsibility cannot be shifted onto the Government (tax payers). It's a question of priorities for some, latest phone or meals for the children. Don't have kids if you cannot look after them.
I think Rishi has missed a trick. Instead of freezing public sector pay, why doesn't he give an increase of say a minimal 0.001%. This can be presented politically as a modest increase rather than a pay freeze. As an employer myself I know that what is important is the message is sends - we value you, and give this pay rise in recognition of that, but this is all we can afford at the moment.
I had a boss that did that once. Then the following year tried to count an increase to the minimum wage as a pay rise for all staff. Spectacularly backfired.
You value your employees with a 0.001% rise. The original Mr Scrooge
Of course there isn't money for the public sector workers. Don't they know this money is much better spent on the HS2 vanity project no one wants, and awarding billions in contracts to people with no experience or expertise just because they're mates with senior govt figures and the ERG?
How selfish of people, not wanting all our money to go to the right-wing, Tory elite!
How selfish of people, not wanting all our money to go to the right-wing, Tory elite!
Contractors with tory connections were 10 times more likely to receive a contract for PPE than those that had no connection. If that doesnt reek of corruption I dont know what does
The public sector runs this country, not the government. They civil service is seen as a bunch of bureaucrats that get nothing done. This is incorrect. They pay your benefits, they manage your taxes, they issue your passports. They have been non-stop through the pandemic along with the NHS and police. A pay freeze is a slap in the face by the government they serve.
Spot on, after working since day one of the pandemic and going into the office most days and im exhausted. Yes I know lots of people have lost their job and we should be grateful that we still have work but why should we be punished after doing the work that is needed to keep what services we have left afloat.
Its a bit of a slap in the face.
Its a bit of a slap in the face.
What comes first, the public servants or the people in the economy working, generating wealth to actually employ them ?
Whilst having sympathy with some in the civil service, the statement that they have all been non-stop during the pandemic is nonsense. Any one else tried to get a passport, speak to the tax-office since March. Nigh on impossible as they are all busy working from home supposedly. I hardly call a pay freeze a slap in the face. I've not had a pay rise in over 5 years & took a pay cut in May. Get real
These union leaders don’t live in the real world. Thousands of private sector employees (many of which are in low income jobs) are seriously at risk of losing their jobs due to an impending collapse in the economy once the furlough scheme ends yet all the greedy unions will cause disruption whilst attempting to score political points.
If it's so cushy in the public sector then just change jobs.
You say that Steve, but DWP alone is taking on thousands of new staff at low pay grades.
It's not unreasonable to ask for a raise that meets inflation, otherwise it's a rolling pay cut. The public sector runs this country, not the government, they need the civil service more than the civil service needs the government.
It's not unreasonable to ask for a raise that meets inflation, otherwise it's a rolling pay cut. The public sector runs this country, not the government, they need the civil service more than the civil service needs the government.
So the public sector should be published because the private sector weren't able to deal with the pandemic?
how is that fair?
how is that fair?
"Thousands of private sector employees (many of which are in low income jobs) are seriously at risk of losing their jobs"
Maybe that's a bad thing too...
Maybe that's a bad thing too...
I think Rishi has missed a trick. Instead of freezing public sector pay, why doesn't he give an increase of say a minimal 0.001%. This can be presented politically as a modest increase rather than a pay freeze. As an employer myself I know that what is important is the message is sends - we value you, and give this pay rise in recognition of that, but this is all we can afford at the moment.
The public sector runs this country, not the government. They civil service is seen as a bunch of bureaucrats that get nothing done. This is incorrect. They pay your benefits, they manage your taxes, they issue your passports. They have been non-stop through the pandemic along with the NHS and police. A pay freeze is a slap in the face by the government they serve.
Yes, how dare they complain of being bullied by their manager who lost her last job in the cabinet for what could be considered treasonous behaviour....
probably due to bullying
Yes. The Patel bullying report also points out the civil servants behavior was far from exemplary too!
The public sector runs this country, not the government. They civil service is seen as a bunch of bureaucrats that get nothing done. This is incorrect. They pay your benefits, they manage your taxes, they issue your passports. They have been non-stop through the pandemic along with the NHS and police. A pay freeze is a slap in the face by the government they serve.
Spot on, after working since day one of the pandemic and going into the office most days and im exhausted. Yes I know lots of people have lost their job and we should be grateful that we still have work but why should we be punished after doing the work that is needed to keep what services we have left afloat.
Its a bit of a slap in the face.
Its a bit of a slap in the face.
These union leaders don’t live in the real world. Thousands of private sector employees (many of which are in low income jobs) are seriously at risk of losing their jobs due to an impending collapse in the economy once the furlough scheme ends yet all the greedy unions will cause disruption whilst attempting to score political points.
If it is so tough in the public sector then leave to get a job in industry. If you can find an industry that will employ ex public service employees!
I don't know anybody there that could use some nepotism to get me a job.
They won't do that - salaries in the public sector in like-for-like occupations will almost always be lower than in the private sector. And over a working lifetime, a public sector employee has zero prospect of benefiting from the kind of tax reduction ploys open to the self employed contractors/consultants on this HYS who are berating public sector workers.
.... give 'em a pay rise on the basis that in many cases approx half immediately comes back as tax & NI ....... if the balance is spent on council tax increases, more duty on beer, fags and petrol, then most flows back into the treasury coffers ........
Working along as usual while others are paid to sit at home in their pyjamas making banana bread on zoom. What a wonderful way to show your gratitude.
Wrong. Endless job applications and interviews --- all over zoom. Oh whilst my self employed other half lost all her income over night. Also paying for my kids halls of residence fees and being told all lessons moving online. Some industries seem more protected than others. 53 now and worked since 16 without a break, this has been a sobering experience. We are not all making banana bread.
Of course there isn't money for the public sector workers. Don't they know this money is much better spent on the HS2 vanity project no one wants, and awarding billions in contracts to people with no experience or expertise just because they're mates with senior govt figures and the ERG?
How selfish of people, not wanting all our money to go to the right-wing, Tory elite!
How selfish of people, not wanting all our money to go to the right-wing, Tory elite!
These union leaders don’t live in the real world. Thousands of private sector employees (many of which are in low income jobs) are seriously at risk of losing their jobs due to an impending collapse in the economy once the furlough scheme ends yet all the greedy unions will cause disruption whilst attempting to score political points.
You say that Steve, but DWP alone is taking on thousands of new staff at low pay grades.
It's not unreasonable to ask for a raise that meets inflation, otherwise it's a rolling pay cut. The public sector runs this country, not the government, they need the civil service more than the civil service needs the government.
It's not unreasonable to ask for a raise that meets inflation, otherwise it's a rolling pay cut. The public sector runs this country, not the government, they need the civil service more than the civil service needs the government.
Be thankful you have a job, there are swathes of those in the private sector who no longer have one and who paid the tax to fund your job. I read a comment on HYS about Arthur Scargill that struck a cord, he was once a man in a small house who headed a big union then he had a big house and a small union.
Utter nonsense. Public workers pay tax too. You forget the cost of furlough.
I'm a public sector worker (NHS Nurse) and I would glady give up any pay rise and have the money put towards saving jobs where people at risk of losing them. Nursing has been horrible since March and I did get covid from work, it wasn't nice. But at the end of the day I didn't have to worry about a job loss. I think Nurses would be happier if the NMC cut the yearly fee of £120 for our pin number,
So if there is to be a pay freeze I assume that the pay rise for MPs will not now go through. They are hardly 'essential workers'.
The latest Tory inspired UK divide and conquer strategy. We now have
Public v Private Sector, to go alongside:
Left v Right
Brexit v Remain
North v South.
Clever those Tories aren't they? Get the British workforce fighting each other, takes our attention away from what the Cabinet is getting up to.
Public v Private Sector, to go alongside:
Left v Right
Brexit v Remain
North v South.
Clever those Tories aren't they? Get the British workforce fighting each other, takes our attention away from what the Cabinet is getting up to.
I think Rishi has missed a trick. Instead of freezing public sector pay, why doesn't he give an increase of say a minimal 0.001%. This can be presented politically as a modest increase rather than a pay freeze. As an employer myself I know that what is important is the message is sends - we value you, and give this pay rise in recognition of that, but this is all we can afford at the moment.
Be thankful you have a job, there are swathes of those in the private sector who no longer have one and who paid the tax to fund your job. I read a comment on HYS about Arthur Scargill that struck a cord, he was once a man in a small house who headed a big union then he had a big house and a small union.
And where did the money come from to pay that tax in the first place ?
Correct, the private sector. The public sector doesn't generate wealth, it spends it.
Correct, the private sector. The public sector doesn't generate wealth, it spends it.
No. Public workers pay back a little bit of the tax money that the rest of us generate to fund them. They lower the tax burden a bit, not contribute to it.
What is wrong with the public sector? we, in the private sector lose our jobs in droves, never go on strike and had our pensions destroyed years ago. We did not cause this pandemic. The public sector have to take their share of the pain. Their behaviour is little short of disgusting.
I suspect a good chunk of public sector staff would accept the situation & understand
It's the Unions which are the problem
It's the Unions which are the problem
And here is the root cause of the problem. You see the public sector as the enemy, an emotional comment to fire up public sector workers who will see you as the enemy.
And no one is looking at the government which has shafted all but the richest people in the country for the last decade. Our issue is not with each other it is with a decade of austerity which has done nothing for this country.
And no one is looking at the government which has shafted all but the richest people in the country for the last decade. Our issue is not with each other it is with a decade of austerity which has done nothing for this country.
No one is objecting to share the pain of pay back, just do it fairly across society. Tax everybody not just portions of society. This is no ones fault. The money being borrowed is for everyone, why should public sectors (including the scientist getting us out of this mess) solely fit the bill?
"we, in the private sector lose our jobs in droves, never go on strike and had our pensions destroyed years ago."
Those aren't...good things. You do realise that right? That's not an example to follow.
Those aren't...good things. You do realise that right? That's not an example to follow.
So the public sector should be punished for the private sectors greed and inability to have systems in place to deal with issues like these?
Ridiculous...
Ridiculous...
Nick
What is wrong with the public sector? we, in the private sector lose our jobs in droves, never go on strike and had our pensions destroyed years ago
Why do you think you lost your pensions why do you think you have no power? You listened to the propaganda of the Tories. You read Tory papers. The Tories took that power and representation from you. Yet you still vote for them.
What is wrong with the public sector? we, in the private sector lose our jobs in droves, never go on strike and had our pensions destroyed years ago
Why do you think you lost your pensions why do you think you have no power? You listened to the propaganda of the Tories. You read Tory papers. The Tories took that power and representation from you. Yet you still vote for them.
Nothing wrong with the public sector, it's the private sector that is the parasite. For some reason, all businesses seem to think they should be bailed out when they're not making the profits they expected. They want all the benefits of raking in the cash without the risk that is inherent in any commercial financial venture. Private sector hypocrites happy to take public sector (i.e. Govt) money.
The private sector never strikes eh? In 2018 the private sector broke its record for number of strike days; http://hrnews.co.uk/private-sector-strike-days-hits-highest-level-in-over-twenty-years-346000-in-last-year/
stop playing the victim mate
stop playing the victim mate
Well said!
I work for the NHS and I'm sick of people going on about pay! Unions telling me I don't earn enough!
I came from hard grafting work with 0 hour contracts and even holiday paid out of my wage. My co workers don't know how good they have it in comparison.
Spoilt comes to mind!
I work for the NHS and I'm sick of people going on about pay! Unions telling me I don't earn enough!
I came from hard grafting work with 0 hour contracts and even holiday paid out of my wage. My co workers don't know how good they have it in comparison.
Spoilt comes to mind!
'We never go on strike & have had our pensions destroyed & have been shafted'
These things might be connected
These things might be connected
Typical quitling comment. Disgusting.
The public sector never caused this pandemic either!!!!!
These union leaders don’t live in the real world. Thousands of private sector employees (many of which are in low income jobs) are seriously at risk of losing their jobs due to an impending collapse in the economy once the furlough scheme ends yet all the greedy unions will cause disruption whilst attempting to score political points.
Yet the MPs are doing rather well with their annual pay rise well above inflation.
And I would bin that as well.
You expect Unions to do this. Arent they paid out of their members contributions ? They wont suffer financial hardship. Wonder if they will take a pay freeze, cut or redundancy ? Public sector workers arent looking over their shoulders, selling houses, rinsing savings and on UC.
Because many public sector workers are still working front line through the pandemic
we need a strong defence more now than ever !! so your comments are stupid..
We can feed kids, but why are they not being fed by their parents ? they all get benefits if not working, my parents were not rich, but I always had a meal. Potatoes don't cost much.. Need to understand the root cause rather than just moan about starving kids
We can feed kids, but why are they not being fed by their parents ? they all get benefits if not working, my parents were not rich, but I always had a meal. Potatoes don't cost much.. Need to understand the root cause rather than just moan about starving kids
Wow, and there's your problem right there. Comparing every family and their situation to your experience of growing up. Thinking that your situation when you were growing was the worse. In fact there are many in much worse situations like this, research equity over equality and you may understand.
I think Rishi has missed a trick. Instead of freezing public sector pay, why doesn't he give an increase of say a minimal 0.001%. This can be presented politically as a modest increase rather than a pay freeze. As an employer myself I know that what is important is the message is sends - we value you, and give this pay rise in recognition of that, but this is all we can afford at the moment.
No pay cuts for public sector union staff I suspect.
Look around, lowest paid PS workers getting a rise, large swathes of private sector now depending on handouts, in Wales PS is 30% of workforce and growing.
If not borrowing more then tax receipts need to pay for these services, so services cut as pay rise comes out of it, more people requiring handouts.
Choices?
Look around, lowest paid PS workers getting a rise, large swathes of private sector now depending on handouts, in Wales PS is 30% of workforce and growing.
If not borrowing more then tax receipts need to pay for these services, so services cut as pay rise comes out of it, more people requiring handouts.
Choices?
And what do you think would happen to your taxes if there was no public sector? How would anything get done. It wouldn’t. Stop pointing the finger at the public sector and look at the government that has caused this absolute mess.
The public sector runs this country, not the government. They civil service is seen as a bunch of bureaucrats that get nothing done. This is incorrect. They pay your benefits, they manage your taxes, they issue your passports. They have been non-stop through the pandemic along with the NHS and police. A pay freeze is a slap in the face by the government they serve.
It is about time a lot of these people actually worked. And for the significant number of public servants who have not been furloughed and been on extended holiday with very low productivity since April I suggest they keep there heads down before someone works out we have not missed them .
Truly ignorance, not much bliss.
A typical ignorant right wing attack on government workers - and why? Because we are drilled in this response by the Tory papers to create a demand for privatisation.
I remember when every paper carried jokes about British Rail. Went on for years sniping away and chipping confidence. So when privatisation came there was less resistance. Total mess up.
A typical ignorant right wing attack on government workers - and why? Because we are drilled in this response by the Tory papers to create a demand for privatisation.
I remember when every paper carried jokes about British Rail. Went on for years sniping away and chipping confidence. So when privatisation came there was less resistance. Total mess up.
Baseless comment. How on earth could you possibly claim to know how productive a ‘significant number of public servants’ are unless you were a direct supervisor to this significant number. Move on and stir up a different pot. Right wing shill.
Most public sector workers have worked 100%, done more hours, been "reallocated" where there was help needed to provide support to communities and business etc. with Covid grants and support etc. Don't believe what you read in the tory dominated press.
Get it right....
Get it right....
The public sector has lost thousands of jobs too. 20000 police for a start, so many tax inspectors all these Covid fiddlers are untouchable, probation staff, local government staff, with many transferred to the private sector with loss of wages and pensions.
They had an 8 year pay freeze.
Here we suffer grief and pain, over the road it’s just the same.
They had an 8 year pay freeze.
Here we suffer grief and pain, over the road it’s just the same.
Exactly, but look at these comments. Private sector workers pointing the finger at public sector workers as if we are the enemy, as if we caused this, after declining wages and savage cuts over the last decade here we stand painting each other as the enemy whilst the government sits up there laughing as we fight amongst ourselves. Wake up people!!
The police cuts were mostly through not replacing those who retired, were sacked or left. Not redundancies
Working along as usual while others are paid to sit at home in their pyjamas making banana bread on zoom. What a wonderful way to show your gratitude.
Wrong. Endless job applications and interviews --- all over zoom. Oh whilst my self employed other half lost all her income over night. Also paying for my kids halls of residence fees and being told all lessons moving online. Some industries seem more protected than others. 53 now and worked since 16 without a break, this has been a sobering experience. We are not all making banana bread.
We all would. But they won't, and that's the problem
What is wrong with the public sector? we, in the private sector lose our jobs in droves, never go on strike and had our pensions destroyed years ago. We did not cause this pandemic. The public sector have to take their share of the pain. Their behaviour is little short of disgusting.
Its not the unions that are the problem
People go one about the Boomers and all the supposed wealth they had. This is because they had union representatives who stood up them, who got better working conditions for them
The Tories have rolled back those gains that Unions got for us. Yet you listen to the Tories they’re not your friends. Despite their platitudes and smiles. You don’t see the knife
People go one about the Boomers and all the supposed wealth they had. This is because they had union representatives who stood up them, who got better working conditions for them
The Tories have rolled back those gains that Unions got for us. Yet you listen to the Tories they’re not your friends. Despite their platitudes and smiles. You don’t see the knife
It's the only way they get any attention in a desperate attempt to look relevant.
Just for a second, imagine you had a spine
Yes, flipping Unions standing up for people's rights and improving their pay/ conditions.Give Dr Pelling's A History of British Trade Unionism a read and then you'll know how bleak the workplace would be for many had Unions not protected workers as they have.Trade Unionism is not all about militant,anti establishment hard Left Communism you know-don't believe all you read in the Express and Mail.
Unions only exist because people join them, so really you are blaming the people, not this magic 70s word "Unions".
I work for the NHS, we dont need a pay rise. People just expect it because we're public sector. I get 1/8th of my shift for lunch its that bad! Dont give them a penny more!
I work for the NHS, we dont need a pay rise. People just expect it because we're public sector. I get 1/8th of my shift for lunch its that bad! Dont give them a penny more!
Of course union backlash, they want every tax payer to pay for them, unions ever thought of reducing their affiliation fees, no don’t think so, if they reduce their take from the workers how are they going to pay for Sir Starmers Labour Party by the way as you know Sir Starmer Is the working class hero lives in London was a lawyer, and of course a knight of the realm yep real working class hero.
Cillit Bang is not for drinking.
Removed
And lived and went to public school in the poshest area of Surrey, dad was a multimillionaire to boot
Union backlash, wonder how much union officials are getting and how much their pay increases
Does that matter? Did you ask about Rashford's contract when he spoke for feeding British kids?
I don't know. Do you?
The majority of union officials are in non paid roles.
Unions take care of thousands and in some cases millions of members.
In some peoples world their leaders should be doing it for the same wage as their members.
Like to see the Directors of medium to large companies with similar workloads taking an ordinary worker's wage.
Lets just keep 80% of wealth in the hands of 5% of the population?
Unions take care of thousands and in some cases millions of members.
In some peoples world their leaders should be doing it for the same wage as their members.
Like to see the Directors of medium to large companies with similar workloads taking an ordinary worker's wage.
Lets just keep 80% of wealth in the hands of 5% of the population?
perhaps we need an iNdependent BBC
It will be soon when it has to raise its own money and not get it from the draconian, anachronistic and widely reviled telly tax!
Why doesn't he just tax on-line shopping and give public sector pay workers a rise. Amazon and others have made a mint out of Coronavirus
"If you can find an industry that will employ ex public service employees!"
Ah yes, all these unskilled public sector workers... i dont think you live in reality. I work in the public sector in a part of the service where we all have a degree minimum and do a lot of data work, it would be a doddle finding work elsewhere, I just prefer working here as the work appears to actually matter
Ah yes, all these unskilled public sector workers... i dont think you live in reality. I work in the public sector in a part of the service where we all have a degree minimum and do a lot of data work, it would be a doddle finding work elsewhere, I just prefer working here as the work appears to actually matter
Union backlash over public sector pay freeze...They can moan al they want but everyone is suffering pain and misery during this pandemic. We have huge debts from Government borrowing to pay back and we don't have money trees. We are in this together and that includes the public sector.
There must be money trees somewhere, HS2, nuclear power plants, increased military spending etc. After the banking crisis did the private sector fund the debt then? Thought not.
Again... why should the public sector be punished for the failings of the private sector
Those in the public sector are not asking for much, just not a pay cut every year. With inflation, that's what it amounts to. The public sector has kept the country going throughout the pandemic. The NHS has cared for people, police have had a tough job maintaining lockdowns, the civil service has been ensuring that the poorest people keep getting something.
Why should they be worse off?
Why should they be worse off?
Well of course Unions are not going to be happy. What they going to do, go on strike during a national crisis? Many public sector workers have been on full pay throughout. Maybe think about those in the private sector and contractors. Myself, no work since March.
"Many public sector workers have been on full pay throughout."
That is generally what happens when one continues to work.
That is generally what happens when one continues to work.
Unions and Momentum/Labour not letting a crisis go to waste, expects strikes ad infinitum in the hope it realises more votes as the Gov gets the blame.
We are working , I am sitting at my laptop drinking a cup of coffee on full pay life is wonderful .I don't mind taking a pay freeze I only earn £52000 a year, any higher I will hit the high tax rate, roll on retirement.
Agreed. Unions have an inherent jobsworth mentality. They have guaranteed incomes & pensions. They might be losing some income, but they've still got something coming in.
The self employed and private sectors have to make their own way. There is no armchair ride for them.
Everyone is affected by this wretched disease - some acutely more than others.
The self employed and private sectors have to make their own way. There is no armchair ride for them.
Everyone is affected by this wretched disease - some acutely more than others.
They've been on full pay because they've been working full time to keep the services we all rely on going.
And many more people have been sat at home doing nothing on furlough pay (i.e. taxpayers money) while some of us kept the country running and saved lives - often at great personal risk. Maybe those furloughed people could fund a public sector pay rise instead of expecting us to pay the rent with now-silent claps?!
I see the resident Tory Bot posted quite late in this HYS but miraculously gets the highest-rated comment! Don't suppose that had anything to the Tory Bot Propaganda Machine!
Public sector workers have been working to keep the UK going through this crisis; apparently they should have had some wages docked.
No need for pay freezes, Tories have been printing money since 2010 & gave it to the rich!
Public sector workers have been working to keep the UK going through this crisis; apparently they should have had some wages docked.
No need for pay freezes, Tories have been printing money since 2010 & gave it to the rich!
This was bound to happen conservative divide and rule, but for those who do not understand or know most of the public sector has been restricted or frozen pay since 2010, the fact check shows private and public pay is about at the same level
and I agree with some posters, it is disgusting that people forget the little people have paid the most since 2008 world crash frozen pay and benefits
and I agree with some posters, it is disgusting that people forget the little people have paid the most since 2008 world crash frozen pay and benefits
What is wrong with the public sector? we, in the private sector lose our jobs in droves, never go on strike and had our pensions destroyed years ago. We did not cause this pandemic. The public sector have to take their share of the pain. Their behaviour is little short of disgusting.
And here is the root cause of the problem. You see the public sector as the enemy, an emotional comment to fire up public sector workers who will see you as the enemy.
And no one is looking at the government which has shafted all but the richest people in the country for the last decade. Our issue is not with each other it is with a decade of austerity which has done nothing for this country.
And no one is looking at the government which has shafted all but the richest people in the country for the last decade. Our issue is not with each other it is with a decade of austerity which has done nothing for this country.
It is the pretense that you are somehow hard done to, despite the evidence to the contrary. Public sector pay is higher than private sector pay for similar roles, with better pension contributions and benefits.
The fact that you use "whataboutery" shows the paucity of your argument.
Sympathy will be thin amongst private sector employees, who have suffered more and whose taxes pay your wages.
The fact that you use "whataboutery" shows the paucity of your argument.
Sympathy will be thin amongst private sector employees, who have suffered more and whose taxes pay your wages.
Unions: Our members in secure public sector jobs and often significant benefits, want those working in the private sector in insecure jobs and often lower wages to pay for this.
Is this the latest Tory inspired UK division? We now have Public v Private Sevtor to go along side:
Left v Right
Brexit v Remain
North v South
Left v Right
Brexit v Remain
North v South
Assuming ‘we’ means the government... I find it interesting that at best the measures undertaken have saved up to 200k lives (as estimated in March) at a cost of >£350bn. That’s £1.75m per life. Unprecedented spending when typically a life is valued at £100k in risk terms. Anyway, £1.75m per life, but £250 for key workers on low pay. Nothing for others. So in what sense can’t it be afforded?
The usual Tories!
When you need more money target the low paid. Cut benefits or wages from those that can least afford it or can't fight back. Ignore the wealthy, after all they are your mates. Don't try and obtain tax from those fiddling or avoidance, it's too much work and too close to home. Blame the union's for having the audacity to suggest that people should have a living wage.
When you need more money target the low paid. Cut benefits or wages from those that can least afford it or can't fight back. Ignore the wealthy, after all they are your mates. Don't try and obtain tax from those fiddling or avoidance, it's too much work and too close to home. Blame the union's for having the audacity to suggest that people should have a living wage.
perhaps we need an iNdependent BBC
I'll sign up for a safe public sector job and the pay freeze right now. Most private sector people would do the same. The civil servants don't know how cushy they have it. I'm probably going to have to quit my self employment and try to get a proper job if the lockdowns and other restrictions continue disrupting my work activities.
not all public sector jobs are cushy....
The key words in your post were 'I'm probably going to have to quit my self employment and try to get a proper job'. That says an awful lot!
Go see how cushy a COVID ward is............
Will all the essential consultants who 'earn' tens of millions for making a few telephone calls to China have their payments cut? And will we see a decimation of payments made to friends of the Tory party for services rendered or favours repaid? Will the 'essential' infrastructure ego projects like HS2, Crossrail and various nuclear energy projects continue to drain scarce resources? Thought not.
If only the highly paid and highly incompetent NHS procurement managers and their archaic structures had been up to the job there would have been no need for any @Essential Consultant' would there. The Public sector have turned incompetence and arrogance into an art form, be it local or national employees. They have made a mockery of child services, NHS and many others by appointing socialists
Let me get this right.
When times are hard Public Sector is penalised as not on parity with Private Sector, yet when times are good, we don't get parity with Private Sector?
Factor in 10 years of pay freezes (effective cuts) and tweaks to pensions I reckon I am on at least 28% LESS than I would be if I had received inline with inflation rises for last 10 years or so.
I worked 100% through Covid.
When times are hard Public Sector is penalised as not on parity with Private Sector, yet when times are good, we don't get parity with Private Sector?
Factor in 10 years of pay freezes (effective cuts) and tweaks to pensions I reckon I am on at least 28% LESS than I would be if I had received inline with inflation rises for last 10 years or so.
I worked 100% through Covid.
Shhhh they won’t like this as it doesn’t fit in with their snowflake right wing agenda. Anything that goes against their medieval partisan views will trigger them.
You are of the strange belief that private sector workers get pay rises. Come over and smell the coffee. We only get a pay rise if we change jobs/companies otherwise our pay never gets reviewed. My take home pay hasnt changed in 10 years but you expect a pay rise. what makes you so entitled and we arent?
" tweaks to pensions ". Most firms in the private sector have had a lot more than tweaks, very few DB schemes are still in accrual. Mostly now MP schemes and the majority of those the minimum AE rates.
It is about time a lot of these people actually worked. And for the significant number of public servants who have not been furloughed and been on extended holiday with very low productivity since April I suggest they keep there heads down before someone works out we have not missed them .
Truly ignorance, not much bliss.
A typical ignorant right wing attack on government workers - and why? Because we are drilled in this response by the Tory papers to create a demand for privatisation.
I remember when every paper carried jokes about British Rail. Went on for years sniping away and chipping confidence. So when privatisation came there was less resistance. Total mess up.
A typical ignorant right wing attack on government workers - and why? Because we are drilled in this response by the Tory papers to create a demand for privatisation.
I remember when every paper carried jokes about British Rail. Went on for years sniping away and chipping confidence. So when privatisation came there was less resistance. Total mess up.
What the Unions expect/ The Govt. has spent billions supporting people. we are broke! Typically selfish
When was the last time MPs took a pay freeze and didn't get a pay rise?
How predictable - everyone else is massively under the kosh, knuckling down and trying to survive - and the Public Sector Unions are moaning and whining for pay rises.
I also read yesterday that Corbyn was "demanding" a 10% pay increase for the Public Sector (presumably from his Allotment HQ, sitting as an independent), as part of his endless bandwagoning on Twitter.
Who ARE these bampots?
I also read yesterday that Corbyn was "demanding" a 10% pay increase for the Public Sector (presumably from his Allotment HQ, sitting as an independent), as part of his endless bandwagoning on Twitter.
Who ARE these bampots?
Everyone else being the Tory linked private companies that have made millions from PPE contracts? The money is there it is just being put into the pockets of their friends and associates.
The public sector is one of the few groups who have had to work the whole way through this pandemic, often having to go on the front lines, but no, you'd rather not reward that and punish them because some shops and sandwich chains have had to close... You are an ungrateful bunch!
And I would bin that as well.
The public sector has lost thousands of jobs too. 20000 police for a start, so many tax inspectors all these Covid fiddlers are untouchable, probation staff, local government staff, with many transferred to the private sector with loss of wages and pensions.
They had an 8 year pay freeze.
Here we suffer grief and pain, over the road it’s just the same.
They had an 8 year pay freeze.
Here we suffer grief and pain, over the road it’s just the same.
Exactly, but look at these comments. Private sector workers pointing the finger at public sector workers as if we are the enemy, as if we caused this, after declining wages and savage cuts over the last decade here we stand painting each other as the enemy whilst the government sits up there laughing as we fight amongst ourselves. Wake up people!!
I see a lot of people "Having a go" in one form or another at Public Sector workers. I too have been physically threatened. If people think our pay &conditions are so good (they are no longer) WHY do we struggle to recruit staff across all manner of jobs - WHY because pay is not as good as the politicians & press would have you believe & not "Gold-plated". YES we really do struggle to recruit.
Union backlash over public sector pay freeze
I could live with a pay freeze but I am on a huge pay minus. I am a farmer producing premium beef from a pedigree Aberdeen Angus herd. My grain crops have taken a massive hammering in yield due to weather and beef prices have fallen, yet my running costs and insurance have all increased. I am well down on last year but I will get on with it.
I could live with a pay freeze but I am on a huge pay minus. I am a farmer producing premium beef from a pedigree Aberdeen Angus herd. My grain crops have taken a massive hammering in yield due to weather and beef prices have fallen, yet my running costs and insurance have all increased. I am well down on last year but I will get on with it.
You would prudent to diversify - any business which depends on perpetual subsidies for its survival has a limited future.
It is about time a lot of these people actually worked. And for the significant number of public servants who have not been furloughed and been on extended holiday with very low productivity since April I suggest they keep there heads down before someone works out we have not missed them .
It is about time a lot of these people actually worked. And for the significant number of public servants who have not been furloughed and been on extended holiday with very low productivity since April I suggest they keep there heads down before someone works out we have not missed them .
Its their "job". You can always quit if you think you are being asked to something not within your job role or unreasonable. Private care staff moved out of their own homes to move into care homes to care for their charges. Many in private businesses work long hours, inconvenience etc. Funny thats the way of the world.
Union backlash over public sector pay freeze...They can moan al they want but everyone is suffering pain and misery during this pandemic. We have huge debts from Government borrowing to pay back and we don't have money trees. We are in this together and that includes the public sector.
Clearly, you do not understand how Major Investment Projects are funded. They are not funded by the taxpayer.
A better solution would also to have a 3% pay cut for public sector workers on more than £40,000 p.a.
Risked everything? Who are you kidding? What did the bin collectors risk? what did TfL risk being furloughed at home? Same for all the civil servants who 'worked from home'
Having worked in both public and private sector, I certainly got a pay rise every couple of years in public sector. 20 years in the private sector I have got a pay rise twice. We are in a financial meltdown and unions should be focused on saving jobs not pay rises where inflation is flat. Go on strike for a week and the money you lose will never be recovered in 10 years of work. plain stupid !!!
The Reality Check team have just posted a 'public vs. private pay' article. It starkly lays out in two graphs exactly what the public sector workers don't want to see.
They can claim pay freezes and low growth over the last decade, but that was due to them getting pay growth during the crashes when private saw decline and now things are level-pegged.
They can claim pay freezes and low growth over the last decade, but that was due to them getting pay growth during the crashes when private saw decline and now things are level-pegged.
How predictable - everyone else is massively under the kosh, knuckling down and trying to survive - and the Public Sector Unions are moaning and whining for pay rises.
I also read yesterday that Corbyn was "demanding" a 10% pay increase for the Public Sector (presumably from his Allotment HQ, sitting as an independent), as part of his endless bandwagoning on Twitter.
Who ARE these bampots?
I also read yesterday that Corbyn was "demanding" a 10% pay increase for the Public Sector (presumably from his Allotment HQ, sitting as an independent), as part of his endless bandwagoning on Twitter.
Who ARE these bampots?
Two years to go and get out of the job I am doing. 25 years service, not a day off sick or isolating during the pandemic.
Wheras my senior management team have all woked from home the last 6 months and during this pandemic the MP's are awarded a pay increase.
I've done my bit, all British governments can shove it up their big fat behinds
Wheras my senior management team have all woked from home the last 6 months and during this pandemic the MP's are awarded a pay increase.
I've done my bit, all British governments can shove it up their big fat behinds
I've done my bit as well but self employed and have to rely on myself.
Grow up, resign and work for yourself if you are so capable.
Grow up, resign and work for yourself if you are so capable.
The public sector has lost thousands of jobs too. 20000 police for a start, so many tax inspectors all these Covid fiddlers are untouchable, probation staff, local government staff, with many transferred to the private sector with loss of wages and pensions.
They had an 8 year pay freeze.
Here we suffer grief and pain, over the road it’s just the same.
They had an 8 year pay freeze.
Here we suffer grief and pain, over the road it’s just the same.
What is wrong with the public sector? we, in the private sector lose our jobs in droves, never go on strike and had our pensions destroyed years ago. We did not cause this pandemic. The public sector have to take their share of the pain. Their behaviour is little short of disgusting.
Rest assures there will be little, if anything in the way of pay-rises for the private secor. Assuming, that is, they still have jobs.
Do you honestly think that the public sector is "solely footing the bill"? Tell that to the people who have lost their jobs whilst others are sat at home on 100% pay.
Public sector pay has increased 4% on average in the last year, private sector 1%
Public sector furloughed on 100% pay (no cap), private sector 80% capped at £2,400.
Is that "sharing the pain"?
Public sector pay has increased 4% on average in the last year, private sector 1%
Public sector furloughed on 100% pay (no cap), private sector 80% capped at £2,400.
Is that "sharing the pain"?
You cant tax poeple who lost their jobs.
Let me get this right.
When times are hard Public Sector is penalised as not on parity with Private Sector, yet when times are good, we don't get parity with Private Sector?
Factor in 10 years of pay freezes (effective cuts) and tweaks to pensions I reckon I am on at least 28% LESS than I would be if I had received inline with inflation rises for last 10 years or so.
I worked 100% through Covid.
When times are hard Public Sector is penalised as not on parity with Private Sector, yet when times are good, we don't get parity with Private Sector?
Factor in 10 years of pay freezes (effective cuts) and tweaks to pensions I reckon I am on at least 28% LESS than I would be if I had received inline with inflation rises for last 10 years or so.
I worked 100% through Covid.
Fury, anger !!!
Hardly a reasonable response given the OBVIOUS financial circumstances.
Can we have a photo of the angry and furious union spokesperson to validate the tabloid style journalism ?
Hardly a reasonable response given the OBVIOUS financial circumstances.
Can we have a photo of the angry and furious union spokesperson to validate the tabloid style journalism ?
Be thankful you have a job, there are swathes of those in the private sector who no longer have one and who paid the tax to fund your job. I read a comment on HYS about Arthur Scargill that struck a cord, he was once a man in a small house who headed a big union then he had a big house and a small union.
I'm a public sector worker (NHS Nurse) and I would glady give up any pay rise and have the money put towards saving jobs where people at risk of losing them. Nursing has been horrible since March and I did get covid from work, it wasn't nice. But at the end of the day I didn't have to worry about a job loss. I think Nurses would be happier if the NMC cut the yearly fee of £120 for our pin number,
And what do you think would happen to your taxes if there was no public sector? How would anything get done. It wouldn’t. Stop pointing the finger at the public sector and look at the government that has caused this absolute mess.
If they're not happy about a pay freeze, leave and join the private sector instead.
Or, think yourself lucky you 've had a job and been supported throughout 2020 (and will continue to be until you retire with your nice state pension)
These people have no idea what it's like to earn a living on your own, without the state safety net.
Or, think yourself lucky you 've had a job and been supported throughout 2020 (and will continue to be until you retire with your nice state pension)
These people have no idea what it's like to earn a living on your own, without the state safety net.
I was a public sector worker and because of the Pay Freeze and the fact that for my job and qualifications my pay was not commensurate with what the Private Sector were offering for similar expedrience and qualification I re-signed and I found a job in the Private sector for £20K more. Haven't looked back since.
Let me get this right.
When times are hard Public Sector is penalised as not on parity with Private Sector, yet when times are good, we don't get parity with Private Sector?
Factor in 10 years of pay freezes (effective cuts) and tweaks to pensions I reckon I am on at least 28% LESS than I would be if I had received inline with inflation rises for last 10 years or so.
I worked 100% through Covid.
When times are hard Public Sector is penalised as not on parity with Private Sector, yet when times are good, we don't get parity with Private Sector?
Factor in 10 years of pay freezes (effective cuts) and tweaks to pensions I reckon I am on at least 28% LESS than I would be if I had received inline with inflation rises for last 10 years or so.
I worked 100% through Covid.
You are of the strange belief that private sector workers get pay rises. Come over and smell the coffee. We only get a pay rise if we change jobs/companies otherwise our pay never gets reviewed. My take home pay hasnt changed in 10 years but you expect a pay rise. what makes you so entitled and we arent?
Well, I can't speak for all, but most of my friends and family in Private Sector get regular pay rises, performance reviews, 35 hour weeks, bonuses, profit share, share issues, decent pension, company car options, BUPA, Social Clubs....
Admittedly they are not self employed but work for larger organisations.....
Admittedly they are not self employed but work for larger organisations.....
Roccko, if that is your situation then that's a shame.
Similarly the coffee in the Public Sector is quite bitter these days too.
Don't believe what you're fed by the right-wing press.
I can only speak for my team & colleagues who have worked tirelessly through the Pandemic taking on extra duties, hours and putting themselves at risk - mostly helping out the needy & sorting out grants for UK Govt.
Similarly the coffee in the Public Sector is quite bitter these days too.
Don't believe what you're fed by the right-wing press.
I can only speak for my team & colleagues who have worked tirelessly through the Pandemic taking on extra duties, hours and putting themselves at risk - mostly helping out the needy & sorting out grants for UK Govt.
Two years to go and get out of the job I am doing. 25 years service, not a day off sick or isolating during the pandemic.
Wheras my senior management team have all woked from home the last 6 months and during this pandemic the MP's are awarded a pay increase.
I've done my bit, all British governments can shove it up their big fat behinds
Wheras my senior management team have all woked from home the last 6 months and during this pandemic the MP's are awarded a pay increase.
I've done my bit, all British governments can shove it up their big fat behinds
What is wrong with the public sector? we, in the private sector lose our jobs in droves, never go on strike and had our pensions destroyed years ago. We did not cause this pandemic. The public sector have to take their share of the pain. Their behaviour is little short of disgusting.
yes it is an example bercause it sounds like they save their company. The alternative is fire everyone and close down. What you miss is that this doesnt happen in the luxury and inefficient life of the public sector which are general useless inefficient jobs for life
Union backlash, wonder how much union officials are getting and how much their pay increases
Actually, some people did. Because they have no real arguments, just an endless stream of right-wing talking points intended to foster resentments. These people will never let a good crisis go to waste. But we aren't two tribes. Lots of private sector workers are happy that public sector workers have more security, and unions speaking up for them, because their spouses work in the public sector.
Yes. When Rashford lives in a two up two down house, drives a 10 year old Nissan Micra, his weekly treat is a pint of bitter at the local, and he gives any earnings over and above this to child charities, only then will I accord him a great deal of respect. Many people on low incomes donate to charity, and we don't get our faces in the national press for it.
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I did, I wanted to know if his tax is PAYE or if he uses avoidance in one way or another which would make him look like a hypocrite, everything is quiet on this, strange no?
These union leaders don’t live in the real world. Thousands of private sector employees (many of which are in low income jobs) are seriously at risk of losing their jobs due to an impending collapse in the economy once the furlough scheme ends yet all the greedy unions will cause disruption whilst attempting to score political points.
Assuming ‘we’ means the government... I find it interesting that at best the measures undertaken have saved up to 200k lives (as estimated in March) at a cost of >£350bn. That’s £1.75m per life. Unprecedented spending when typically a life is valued at £100k in risk terms. Anyway, £1.75m per life, but £250 for key workers on low pay. Nothing for others. So in what sense can’t it be afforded?
Well of course Unions are not going to be happy. What they going to do, go on strike during a national crisis? Many public sector workers have been on full pay throughout. Maybe think about those in the private sector and contractors. Myself, no work since March.
Well I work in the private sector and many in our firm had to take pay cuts up to 50% for six months while still working. Back on full pay now, but no pay rise this year and not expected for at least next year either. No one like a pay freeze, but we're all just doing our best to keep the company afloat. Unlike the government we dont have a captive client base.
They have pretended to work, it's just an illusion that they think what they do is vital (the majority of Public Sector workers wouldn't be missed as they actually achieve or produce very little). I am sure it has adversely affected tea and coffee sales!
not all public sector have been working ,check your facts ,but still on 100% pay ,no job losses,
Of course union backlash, they want every tax payer to pay for them, unions ever thought of reducing their affiliation fees, no don’t think so, if they reduce their take from the workers how are they going to pay for Sir Starmers Labour Party by the way as you know Sir Starmer Is the working class hero lives in London was a lawyer, and of course a knight of the realm yep real working class hero.
Very poorly thought out deflection post
Union backlash over public sector pay freeze
I could live with a pay freeze but I am on a huge pay minus. I am a farmer producing premium beef from a pedigree Aberdeen Angus herd. My grain crops have taken a massive hammering in yield due to weather and beef prices have fallen, yet my running costs and insurance have all increased. I am well down on last year but I will get on with it.
I could live with a pay freeze but I am on a huge pay minus. I am a farmer producing premium beef from a pedigree Aberdeen Angus herd. My grain crops have taken a massive hammering in yield due to weather and beef prices have fallen, yet my running costs and insurance have all increased. I am well down on last year but I will get on with it.
‘Civil servants will feel a deep sense of betrayal due to the pay freeze’.. that’s a joke right? .. they’ve been the most back stabbing bunch of remoaners ever!.. don’t be surprised when they sue the Govt for no pay rise.. biggest bunch of wimpy snowflakes there’s ever been..drain the swamp
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Can I just say before we have this private vs public sector argument that everyone has the right to apply in either sector for a job if they have the skills to do it. Money was borrowed to defeat the pandemic and the burden of this debt repayment is everyone's, not just public sector workers.