Unions criticise 'miserly' 50p rise in statutory sick pay
06/04/2021
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SSP increases from £95.85 to £96.35 a week in April, but unions say it is too little to live on.
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If the unions are so upset, why don't they use their members subscriptions to top up members sick pay from their own funds?
Yes, excellent idea. Many countries have mutual organisations into which members contribute monthly to cover illness. Why don’t unions actually do something positive and useful for once rather than moaning and complaining and expect others i.e.the taxpayer to provide everything.
absolutely correct
It's always other peoples' money with them, usually mine.
It's always other peoples' money with them, usually mine.
They've already paid their taxes. You're suggesting they pay twice for something the government should provide. Aren't you proud of the welfare State or is it only when it suits you?
Spot on
Why?
That's one of the reasons why we pay taxes to government - to provide a safety net when we're sick. Why should union subs be used?
That's one of the reasons why we pay taxes to government - to provide a safety net when we're sick. Why should union subs be used?
Why do the ultra rich keep getting richer. Oh yes of course, it's because the Cons look after the ultra rich who could easily pay more tax to help the poor. Instead the Con government ,under Cameron, dropped the ultra rich tax of 50p down to 40p making the ultra rich, with a Con stroke, even richer. And you wonder why we need unions.Con governments have only ever looked after the rich.
They feel they're doing their bit by funding the Labour party instead, just like businesses fund the Tories. I'd ban them them both for doing so.
Stupid comment.
As workers choose to pay Trades Union subscriptions, all of us can choose what to do with our own money.
If you were investing in a Pension Plan would you choose to have your money invested in a "Blue Chip" company like BP or BT who have highly unionised workforces? Or would you prefer a company with a non-union workforce like Deliveroo?
If you were investing in a Pension Plan would you choose to have your money invested in a "Blue Chip" company like BP or BT who have highly unionised workforces? Or would you prefer a company with a non-union workforce like Deliveroo?
£31 Billion to replace Trident with American nukes.
Precious little for nurses and statutory sick pay.
That's the Conservatives.
Precious little for nurses and statutory sick pay.
That's the Conservatives.
Look at the downvotes.. why does this comment get voted down?
The tories are ripping us off daily but as soon as unions ask for extra money for those who need it, Britains electorate has a hissy fit and demonize the unions and sick people..
What have we become?!!
The tories are ripping us off daily but as soon as unions ask for extra money for those who need it, Britains electorate has a hissy fit and demonize the unions and sick people..
What have we become?!!
The nurses will also be protected by our nukes.
Unions - were a wonderful thing many, many years ago. Now totally obsolete - as witnessed by the 1000's who no longer wish to join one.....
Not true. Many employers actually restrict workers joining unions.
Or... as witnessed by the endless complaints, not least on HYS over the years, from people who haven't had a pay rise for ten years , have to work endless unpaid overtime and find themselves being disciplined if they happen to become sick. Yes, we certainly don't need unions now, do we? Plonker!
As for people not joining one - something to do with the press endlessly demonising them, perhaps.
As for people not joining one - something to do with the press endlessly demonising them, perhaps.
And 6.5 million UK workers have CHOSEN to join a Trades Union. Why choose to join a Union? Is it a coincidence Trades Union members tend to be better paid and in more secure jobs?
Many years go, the power of the unions brought this country to its knees. Their leaders didn't care about their members, only their own political clout. I know, I was brought out on strike in 1979. It was never made official, so the union didn't have to hand out strike pay. We had to depend on our savings to survive, which soon evaporated over time. Being a union member didn't do me any good.
Have you seen the fees for unions now - if you get paid £300 per week why would you spend £5 of that per week on union subs? Most likely the union will do nothing for you except pay the chief execs huge pay/pensions and bonuses. Overpriced waste of time
In my experience, the main reason people decide against joining one, is because their employers will start treating them worse, to make an example of them and stop others finding it worthwhile.
That`s why everybody is working for a pittance these days, because Unions are in decline because of a ferocious attack by the Tories. If the Unions are weak, then so are the workers. Britain is becoming a cheap labour country, and going back to the Victorian age for working conditions.
Don't be daft. Unions will always be necessary, but it doesn't mean they don't need to change. Employers and unions on the whole tend to reflect each other, be hostile and aggressive, expect the same in return, of course there are always exceptions...
Being in a union is pointless for minimum wage. It costs around 2 hours of your working life just to pay the monthly fee.
Also pointless for people on zero hours, as the union can only help you when the employer acts illegally, not gives you less hours for whatever reason they like, which is legal.
And as both take up so many jobs now, you can see why so many people don't want to join unions.
Also pointless for people on zero hours, as the union can only help you when the employer acts illegally, not gives you less hours for whatever reason they like, which is legal.
And as both take up so many jobs now, you can see why so many people don't want to join unions.
So you agree on zero hours contracts, funny how its working people offered zero contracts ,I bet management and tax dodging MP's would object strongly.
Don't expect much sympathy from the sort of people who stigmatise anyone on benefits or furlough as a scrounger.
Got to agree with you there, Strawcat! The HYS of these comments section is like a Tory conference party where its a race to who can demonise the poor/disabled the first
Removed
Don't expect pragmatism from the sort of people who stigmatise anyone who stigmatises anyone.
Unfortunately the rabid right wingers are taking the country right down the plughole with their stupidity. It`s I am all right Jack with that lot, which unfortunately seem to be an increasingly brainwashed public. How can so many people be so stupid to still think this Government is doing a good job with 126,000 dead from Covid.
The benefits system in this country has not helped the poor get better wages just kept the wages low. We need well paid well trained for jobs for the whole population not benefits
If they're isolating it will only be for sub-2 weeks, so I imagine they'll be fine with their savings plus this free hundy a week.
I think youre woefully out of touch with the amount of savings people have. People who need to self isolate and cannot work will be in low skilled/low paying jobs who do not have the means to save.
Calling it a 'free hundy' is disgusting and shows the real lack of class consciousness this comment section has
Calling it a 'free hundy' is disgusting and shows the real lack of class consciousness this comment section has
What savings? It's been government policy for over a decade to maintain record low interest rates to actively discourage saving, and get people to spend instead. Combine this with the "buy now, pay later" culture instilled by businesses (with government's blessing), and you have a recipe for disaster whenever earnings drop.
Sick pay isn't something to live off.
It's a temporary payment to tide you over for short term illness.
It's a temporary payment to tide you over for short term illness.
topped up by your rainy day savings
£96 a week is not enough to tide anyone over. One of the biggest problems in this pandemic has been that many people simply cannot afford to self isolate and so don't get a test when they have symptoms and continue going to work
SSP was designed for people to live off, why has it only gone up 0.50p, this Tory back door bad news, designed news for a passport to dodge the SSP increase.
Ask the Tories where is £7.4 billion in unclaimed benefits has gone?
Ask the Tories where is £7.4 billion in unclaimed benefits has gone?
And does it tide anyone over ?
Deeeeeeep . . . .
Deeeeeeep . . . .
it doesn't cover your costs, so it incentivises you to keep going and infect others. Brilliant
Spot the comments from the out of touch Tory Bot Propaganda Army!!
It is an unfortunate fact that the vast majority of working people are just 2 wages away from being in deep financial trouble.
To be on only £85,000 PA puts you in top 5% of UK earners; most people earn between £15,000 to £40,000, with most on around £20,000.
SSP is paid for up to 28 weeks, which is particularly short-term!
It is an unfortunate fact that the vast majority of working people are just 2 wages away from being in deep financial trouble.
To be on only £85,000 PA puts you in top 5% of UK earners; most people earn between £15,000 to £40,000, with most on around £20,000.
SSP is paid for up to 28 weeks, which is particularly short-term!
Some people are less fortunate and have to live off it.
Are you sure. I caught Sepsis, spent 8 weeks in hospital and home, followed by a 3 week phased back to work period. Fortunatley I could afford this due to paid sick leave accrued due to time served. A collegue's husband was disabled, had the same, but little sick leave. He had to be back at worth within the week. It took him ages to recover and his work was limited. No one benefitted.
We know that, tell us something we don't know. I would love to know how you could live off of £96 per week. For many people this wouldn't even cover the rent/mortgage or weekly shop, let alone Council tax, utilities etc.
I just don't understand why we're not planting more money trees.
Those with high paying jobs get furloughed but essential workers who have been sacrificed to keep us going are left with a laughable amount of compensation.
People who need SSP at this time will likely be in a low-paid job and NEED their wages to survive and they cannot do that with this package. If they cant survive on SSP then they will go into work and spread COVID. Simple.
People who need SSP at this time will likely be in a low-paid job and NEED their wages to survive and they cannot do that with this package. If they cant survive on SSP then they will go into work and spread COVID. Simple.
The low paid are eligible for a £500 paymen if they have to self isolate. Keep up with the facts and stop weaponising Covid for party political reasons.
This must have happened already
Then you get the out of touch who think you get £500 if you self-isolate. They don't care that 3/4 of applicants get nothing, let alone councils not having the money to give.
That's right wingers for you
That's right wingers for you
Maybe the unions could refund union dues to people who need help?
Union "fat cats"
No hope and Bob hope
No hope and Bob hope
Why should they?
People pay taxes to the government for a safety net if they fall ill - therefore, why should unions have to pay statutory sick pay?
People pay taxes to the government for a safety net if they fall ill - therefore, why should unions have to pay statutory sick pay?
Perhaps all Employers who receive Tax Breaks because of SSP can give theirs to the Workforce when required, I get a Tax Break I employ 26 all are Union Members I do not need my Tax Break and it is donated towards the welfare of my workforce. It is derisory when you think Cummings got a wage rise of 180,000, Employers should also look after their workforce, Unions are needed against the bad ones!
And people with National Trust membership can ask them to help out?
You really don't understand what you pay taxes for, do you?
You really don't understand what you pay taxes for, do you?
They do...
They can't. It's illegal.
Can you give some examples?
Not true. That would be illegal.
https://www.gov.uk/join-trade-union/trade-union-membership-your-employment-rights
https://www.gov.uk/join-trade-union/trade-union-membership-your-employment-rights
That would be illegal. I'm sure the Unions would be screaming from the rooftops if that happened.
Nobody can be stopped from joining a Union. However employers don't have to recognise a union in negotiations.
No they don't. They can't. Why do you feel the need to promulgate lies without fact-checking?
Unions always wanting something for nothing, it is not a benefit just a stop gap until you are well, no need to incentives sickness.
No, but there is a need to incentivise self isolation, eejit.
Nothing to do with giving "incentives" for sickness, it's about ensuring low-paid/temporary workers have enough money to cover bills while ill. Otherwise, they'll just keep working as long as they can stand up.
People should never be in financial fear or afraid of an employers reaction, to take needed time off recovering from an illness, particularly one that could be spread to others.
People should never be in financial fear or afraid of an employers reaction, to take needed time off recovering from an illness, particularly one that could be spread to others.
Unions - otherwise known as the Business Prevention Society.
Or perhaps the "holding greedy, incompetent management to account society."
No business can survive without a workforce. Many would do fine without all the endless "management" draining away resources.
No business can survive without a workforce. Many would do fine without all the endless "management" draining away resources.
Or... as witnessed by the endless complaints, not least on HYS over the years, from people who haven't had a pay rise for ten years , have to work endless unpaid overtime and find themselves being disciplined if they happen to become sick. Yes, we certainly don't need unions now, do we? Plonker!
As for people not joining one - something to do with the press endlessly demonising them, perhaps.
As for people not joining one - something to do with the press endlessly demonising them, perhaps.
No, the likes of Red Robbo, Mick McGahey and Arthur Scargill did the job of demonising the unions in the eyes of the wider public. Many people wrongly credit the UK’s economic transformation from when we joined the EU. That is diabolical rubbish. We ceased being the sick man of Europe when the unions were stopped in their tracks by Mrs Thatcher and they no longer had the red carpet into No 10.
If people don't like the terms they work under, they can always go elsewhere or start up in business themselves.
If the unions are so upset, why don't they use their members subscriptions to top up members sick pay from their own funds?
"others i.e. the taxpayer"
Unions, i.e. groups of workers, are taxpayers.
Unions, i.e. groups of workers, are taxpayers.
We have a mutual organisation into which members contribute. It's called the state. We pay taxes to ensure that people who are ill can still live with a measure of dignity.
That's what taxes are for; society. Not lining the pockets of party backers.
That's what taxes are for; society. Not lining the pockets of party backers.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there were many small mutual building societies, burial clubs, and other financial schemes to provide things like this. Unfortunately they were superseded by corporate banks and insurance companies, and large politically motivated trade unions run by people like McCluskey.
The Unions already pay towards the payment, they to are not exempt from Tax.
"...Many countries have mutual organisations into which members contribute monthly to cover illness. "
They do in the UK, it's called n.ins contributions & income tax.
Maybe the unions should top up UK pensioners retirement pension - one of the lowest in W.Europe?
UK nurses got the cost of a gallon of fuel pw as a payrise while French nurses got an average of €183 pm?
Probably the union's fault?
They do in the UK, it's called n.ins contributions & income tax.
Maybe the unions should top up UK pensioners retirement pension - one of the lowest in W.Europe?
UK nurses got the cost of a gallon of fuel pw as a payrise while French nurses got an average of €183 pm?
Probably the union's fault?
Why because they learnt the hard way under Thatcher. Once any dispute arose companies were able to sequerest any money the Unions had to offset their losses. This was bought in under Thatcher
Unions do provide illness cover but unlike management they don't get tax relief or relief on national insurance.
I'm sorry if I'm reading this wrong but 96 quid to ride you over for a couple of weeks seems ok to me.
It's hardly 'surviving' is it. It's only forna couple of weeks and if you're working anyway you'll have a bit to top you up for 2 weeks.
Bit of sensationalist story about not much really and of course the Unions will jump on it....whilst collecting millions from said workers.
It's hardly 'surviving' is it. It's only forna couple of weeks and if you're working anyway you'll have a bit to top you up for 2 weeks.
Bit of sensationalist story about not much really and of course the Unions will jump on it....whilst collecting millions from said workers.
I take it you don't pay for a mortgage, utilities, council tax etc
'if youre working anyway youll have a bit to top you up for 2 weeks'
A lot of low paid workers are living pay check to pay check. Ever thought that you use more heating/electric when at home? how do you pay for that? or childs costs?
A lot of low paid workers are living pay check to pay check. Ever thought that you use more heating/electric when at home? how do you pay for that? or childs costs?
Yes, you're reading it wrong sickness isn't a choice, nobody should be financially disadvantaged because they are sick £96 is not enough to live on for 2 weeks especailly once you factor in child costs and bills, that's why furlough is 80% of peoples wages.
If they're isolating it will only be for sub-2 weeks, so I imagine they'll be fine with their savings plus this free hundy a week.
I think youre woefully out of touch with the amount of savings people have. People who need to self isolate and cannot work will be in low skilled/low paying jobs who do not have the means to save.
Calling it a 'free hundy' is disgusting and shows the real lack of class consciousness this comment section has
Calling it a 'free hundy' is disgusting and shows the real lack of class consciousness this comment section has
If they haven't bothered to put aside a rainy-day fund why would they expect to dip into other people's pockets for money to tide them over?
Of course they can save - they can work longer hours or two jobs or learn to defer gratification. These people aren't disabled, they live in free-school, free-NHS UK where there is plenty of opportunity.
Of course they can save - they can work longer hours or two jobs or learn to defer gratification. These people aren't disabled, they live in free-school, free-NHS UK where there is plenty of opportunity.
Malingering pay is low because if you are truly sick you will literally not be doing anything except eating and sleeping
It should probably be abolished as it annoys everyone in payroll to death and companies mostly have acceptable company sick pay and the government pays 5% of it's workers to do nothing all the time too
It should probably be abolished as it annoys everyone in payroll to death and companies mostly have acceptable company sick pay and the government pays 5% of it's workers to do nothing all the time too
Fortunately you don’t need to pay rent/bills etc while you are ill. Oh wait..
If your employer doesn’t continue to pay your wages while you are self isolating or off sick, and you earn just too much to qualify for tax credits, and you have no savings because you are just managing to pay your mortgage/rent, fuel bills, and feed your family, how can you survive on £96 a week? Stop heating your house? Have cold showers?Switch off the lights? Cancel your broadband?
If the unions are so upset, why don't they use their members subscriptions to top up members sick pay from their own funds?
That is the problem right there, it isn't your money, as soon as you pay tax it ceases to be your money you're never getting it back so why complain, if people aren't looked after properly and have access to money they need to survive it then affects everybody either directly or indirectly, you need to see the bigger picture, the "it's my money" attitude is precisely why tax exists..to benefit all
Unions - otherwise known as the Business Prevention Society.
Just like Red Robbo did all those years ago when he constantly held British Leyland to account and they produced rubbish. Most people who worked at their sites will tell you the fault did not lie with the management, but the unions who fought and eventually succeeded in grinding the company into the ground. The union bosses were fist thumping on their way out of the gates. Disgusting.
Businesses can't survive without a workforce, true but in most organisations all the worker does is provide labour.
Management would have had the idea to start the business, obtain finance to start the business, form the organisation and ultimately take all of the risk.
The reality is that they don't drain the resources, just take what is due.
Management would have had the idea to start the business, obtain finance to start the business, form the organisation and ultimately take all of the risk.
The reality is that they don't drain the resources, just take what is due.
Unions
who always accept the first corporate offer however "measly"
then advise workers to lump it
those Unions?
who always accept the first corporate offer however "measly"
then advise workers to lump it
those Unions?
I'm sorry if I'm reading this wrong but 96 quid to ride you over for a couple of weeks seems ok to me.
It's hardly 'surviving' is it. It's only forna couple of weeks and if you're working anyway you'll have a bit to top you up for 2 weeks.
Bit of sensationalist story about not much really and of course the Unions will jump on it....whilst collecting millions from said workers.
It's hardly 'surviving' is it. It's only forna couple of weeks and if you're working anyway you'll have a bit to top you up for 2 weeks.
Bit of sensationalist story about not much really and of course the Unions will jump on it....whilst collecting millions from said workers.
Yes. Pay for all of those. I have been ill in the recent past, paid my way.
Unions always wanting something for nothing, it is not a benefit just a stop gap until you are well, no need to incentives sickness.
Perhaps the people who were gloating about saving £1000 per month from WFH can contribute more instead of gloating about how much they have saved?
Do these people even think about what has happened over the last 12 months?
Maybe they need to look an ICU nurse in the eye and say "Hey look I'm swimming in money here.."
Do these people even think about what has happened over the last 12 months?
Maybe they need to look an ICU nurse in the eye and say "Hey look I'm swimming in money here.."
ICU nurses are very well paid. And the article is about sick pay anyway
Sick pay isn't something to live off.
It's a temporary payment to tide you over for short term illness.
It's a temporary payment to tide you over for short term illness.
There are many with no rainy day savings who live hand to mouth, only those on a decent income have the luxury of rainy day savings.
What about the millions who don't have any rainy day savings?
From your zero-hour job . . .
You are a hardworking Russian troll
Yes, excellent idea. Many countries have mutual organisations into which members contribute monthly to cover illness. Why don’t unions actually do something positive and useful for once rather than moaning and complaining and expect others i.e.the taxpayer to provide everything.
The unions couldn't be happier if we were all furloughed on 110% pay.
Maybe the unions could refund union dues to people who need help?
Please do not be so stupid and ignorant, the people are paying their dues to the Unions and the Unions already pay their dues back to the taxpayer in forms of Tax. I personally have 26 people employed they all can get SSP, I get a tax break because of this, surely that Tax break from Employers could go two pay Higher SSP. I do not need it and my employees are members of a Union.
You are a hardworking Russian troll
If they're isolating it will only be for sub-2 weeks, so I imagine they'll be fine with their savings plus this free hundy a week.
What savings? It's been government policy for over a decade to maintain record low interest rates to actively discourage saving, and get people to spend instead. Combine this with the "buy now, pay later" culture instilled by businesses (with government's blessing), and you have a recipe for disaster whenever earnings drop.
Rainy day savings are not related to interest rates, they are related to looking after yourself and standing on your own two feet, rather than numbly putting a flaccid hand out for freebies the whole time.
I'm sorry if I'm reading this wrong but 96 quid to ride you over for a couple of weeks seems ok to me.
It's hardly 'surviving' is it. It's only forna couple of weeks and if you're working anyway you'll have a bit to top you up for 2 weeks.
Bit of sensationalist story about not much really and of course the Unions will jump on it....whilst collecting millions from said workers.
It's hardly 'surviving' is it. It's only forna couple of weeks and if you're working anyway you'll have a bit to top you up for 2 weeks.
Bit of sensationalist story about not much really and of course the Unions will jump on it....whilst collecting millions from said workers.
Yes, that's why you need to have some rainy day savings at least. As for children, thinking before you have them is certainly more than just a good idea!
Left up to its usual tricks. Criticising everything and expecting more at other people's - taxpayer's - expense on sick pay. Same old same old - elsewhere on the same page Starker is apologising to the LBGT brigade, and Rachel Reed demanding crackdown n lobbyists. Don't recall them complaint when Blair, Mandelson and others traded off their Ministerial portfolios. So out of touch with voters views
Yes, excellent idea. Many countries have mutual organisations into which members contribute monthly to cover illness. Why don’t unions actually do something positive and useful for once rather than moaning and complaining and expect others i.e.the taxpayer to provide everything.
You seem to be missing the point the poster raised and that’s we all accept that as members we contribute into a State sponsored sickness scheme, but should you or any other such union leader as McCluskey deem that it is insufficient then the unions should step in and support their worker as surely it is one of the main reasons for their existence? Your last sentence is political nonsense!
Perhaps the people who were gloating about saving £1000 per month from WFH can contribute more instead of gloating about how much they have saved?
Do these people even think about what has happened over the last 12 months?
Maybe they need to look an ICU nurse in the eye and say "Hey look I'm swimming in money here.."
Do these people even think about what has happened over the last 12 months?
Maybe they need to look an ICU nurse in the eye and say "Hey look I'm swimming in money here.."
Malingering pay is low because if you are truly sick you will literally not be doing anything except eating and sleeping
It should probably be abolished as it annoys everyone in payroll to death and companies mostly have acceptable company sick pay and the government pays 5% of it's workers to do nothing all the time too
It should probably be abolished as it annoys everyone in payroll to death and companies mostly have acceptable company sick pay and the government pays 5% of it's workers to do nothing all the time too
The Tories dont hide who they are, the clues are there for all to see!! 'We are all in it together' pay freeze for all public sectors and a tax break for the top earners!! ?? pandemic hits the country, contracts worth billions for their mates and cronies, NHS frontline staff who risked their lives to save us, get 1% pay rise! ?? get real people, the TORIES dont care about YOU just their own!!!!!!!
On your own logic the Tories are supporting their own - the millions who voted for them and trounced Labour in December 2019. Most people in this country are Tories with a large or small "C". That's why Labour, the Lib Dems and every other minority party never get into power any more.
So, logically, the best way to improve my lot in life is to become a Tory, right?
Ever tried getting Union legal support for anything other than an accident claim ? Unless there is some political gain for their set of skewed values then you won’t get help. Morally bankrupt
It will buy half a bag of Kettle chips! Even worse, look at the £10 'Christmas Bonus' for OAPs - introduced in the 1970s and never increased. If it had been increased, it would now be £140. And the £300 for OAPs introduced in 2008 towards winter gas and electricity - reduced to £200 in 2011 - it should be £500, by now!! CPI figures do not reflect inflation costs for OAPs spending pattern.
As a senior, We should all shut up and stop moaning - with the big pension rise to come along. No other section of society is considered, because we vote. Go on a cruise and there you will see seniors of every social class - or to an adults-only hotel - OAP spending pattern! The idea of the poor pensioner is outdated and embarrassing in the main. There may be pockets of poverty, but very tiny.
Kettle chips aren't a necessity though.
0.5% pay increase is at least 0.5% more than most workers have received this last year.
0.5% is nothing really. A 0.5% pay rise wont cover the 4-5% increases in council tax.
That makes it OK then. Talk about turkeys voting for Christmas, you realise your fellow workers are not the enemy, right?
Unions always wanting something for nothing, it is not a benefit just a stop gap until you are well, no need to incentives sickness.
Nothing to do with giving "incentives" for sickness, it's about ensuring low-paid/temporary workers have enough money to cover bills while ill. Otherwise, they'll just keep working as long as they can stand up.
People should never be in financial fear or afraid of an employers reaction, to take needed time off recovering from an illness, particularly one that could be spread to others.
People should never be in financial fear or afraid of an employers reaction, to take needed time off recovering from an illness, particularly one that could be spread to others.
Unions are just a financial support to their own management and the Labour Party, they have no interest in the worker these days.
Speak for yourself my union has helped me get a payrise and made sure I have unfettered international travel for work purposes. We need unions now more than ever.
Union member here. Like the majority of the 6.5 trades union members, I am not and never will be Labour Party supporter. I don't pay the political levy in my union subscription.
Workers join unions to collectively look after our interests in the workplace. If you believe it is for any other reason, you really should stop reading the Mail and Express.
Workers join unions to collectively look after our interests in the workplace. If you believe it is for any other reason, you really should stop reading the Mail and Express.
Chambers of commerce are just a financial support for their own management and the Conservative party. They have no interest in the businesses these days.
Those with high paying jobs get furloughed but essential workers who have been sacrificed to keep us going are left with a laughable amount of compensation.
People who need SSP at this time will likely be in a low-paid job and NEED their wages to survive and they cannot do that with this package. If they cant survive on SSP then they will go into work and spread COVID. Simple.
People who need SSP at this time will likely be in a low-paid job and NEED their wages to survive and they cannot do that with this package. If they cant survive on SSP then they will go into work and spread COVID. Simple.
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£500! That will go such a long way if your renting of a Tory landlord who want £600 a week, or if you have a family, keep up with the facta and stop weaponising Tory lies for party political reasons!
The £500 is nearly impossible to qualify for. Try and keep up.
In order to qualify for the £500 payment, people have to prove they're receiving Government top up credits. There are plenty of people who don't qualify for this as their wages are just above the threshold - so they can't claim the £500 and have only SSP to rely on.
Mate - please check the facts. Councils pay the £500, and about 3/4 of applications are rejected. Check your facts
Try getting that £500 not a snow ball in hells chance but you keep backing the tories and believing that everyone else is a scrounger, but when the toffs have their noses in the trough that’s what, payback. Millionaire pm Cameron flipped his house and now he’s what, clawing more than 10000 on UC and what about us paying £250000 to decorate, decorate, Boris’s two bedroom flat, what hypocrites.
"The low paid are eligible for a £500 paymen if they have to self isolate. Keep up with the facts and stop weaponising Covid for party political reasons."
About one third who apply get it:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/56201754
Maybe if you "kept up with the facts" you'd realise no-one is weaponising it, they're just pointing out that something isn't working and could be done better.
About one third who apply get it:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/56201754
Maybe if you "kept up with the facts" you'd realise no-one is weaponising it, they're just pointing out that something isn't working and could be done better.
Why not get MPs, especially the PM who's been whining to friends about struggling on £150k p.a., to survive for 2 weeks on SSP & then ask them for their views on the viability of it?
Job done!
Job done!
Or go further and permanently pay them minimum wage.
Wonder how long it would be until it goes up dramatically...
Wonder how long it would be until it goes up dramatically...
Left wing unions (which they all are) will always whinge at anything a more right wing government will do, regardless. If Labour aren’t in power all decisions are wrong, regardless as to whether the country can afford it or not.
Yep, came here to say just this. It's the same headline every single time.
What's "left wing" about wanting decent statutory sick pay?
Yes, they are part of the opposition when the Conservatives are in power. They have a political agenda.
Getting decent working conditions and pay is not a left wing thing. It should be the norm. The Government can always afford anything it wants to. It is a political choice on their part. The country was supposedly skint before Covid, so we had 10 years of austerity. Then they magically managed to find 250 billion to prop up Covid. Nobody should ever vote for this current Government.
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I'm sorry if I'm reading this wrong but 96 quid to ride you over for a couple of weeks seems ok to me.
It's hardly 'surviving' is it. It's only forna couple of weeks and if you're working anyway you'll have a bit to top you up for 2 weeks.
Bit of sensationalist story about not much really and of course the Unions will jump on it....whilst collecting millions from said workers.
It's hardly 'surviving' is it. It's only forna couple of weeks and if you're working anyway you'll have a bit to top you up for 2 weeks.
Bit of sensationalist story about not much really and of course the Unions will jump on it....whilst collecting millions from said workers.
Not true. Many employers actually restrict workers joining unions.
Just because it's illegal, it doesn't mean that is doesn't happen. I've come across it a few times in my working life.
As is doing favours for your mates when you're in government, but it doesn't stop it from going on.
Ah yes, because nobody ever does anything that's illegal, do they.
I take it you don't pay for a mortgage, utilities, council tax etc
Good for you paying your way. Where's your evidence all the other 34 million of the UK's working population both earn enough and the money by to do the same?
Goodness me the Unions need to get a grip. Have they not noticed that there's been a pandemic. And that businesses are on the rocks. How utterly selfish, stupid and greedy can you get. We'd be much better off without unions. They do us no good whatsoever.
The pandemic means that there has never been a more important time to support the workforce - which is what the unions are doing.
If you're ill, you still need to be paid.
This isn't Victorian Britain.
If you're ill, you still need to be paid.
This isn't Victorian Britain.
Really? Your comment is a little bit like the
"What have the Romans ever done for us?" scene in The Life Of Brian.
But for unions there would be NO sick pay. Decent holidays, breaks, maternity & paternity leave, bereavement pay etc. See Amazon!
Yes there HAS been a pandemic, economic down turn but maybe if companies paid ALL the tax they should and governments didnt waste billions it would help!
"What have the Romans ever done for us?" scene in The Life Of Brian.
But for unions there would be NO sick pay. Decent holidays, breaks, maternity & paternity leave, bereavement pay etc. See Amazon!
Yes there HAS been a pandemic, economic down turn but maybe if companies paid ALL the tax they should and governments didnt waste billions it would help!
I'm in a non-unionisted sector, science. I've been working 20 years and have a PhD and get just under £24k a year, down from a grand high £32k a year. I have no pension.
My dad was a steelworker, a heavily unionisted sector. He worked 40 years on £40k and retired on a private pension worth £220k.
But do tell me more of your interesting stories of how unions are useless...
My dad was a steelworker, a heavily unionisted sector. He worked 40 years on £40k and retired on a private pension worth £220k.
But do tell me more of your interesting stories of how unions are useless...
MPs managed to get a pay rise well above inflation though. They also got an extra £10,000 to help them work from home. Judging by the attendances in Parliament most of them seem to have been working at home for years. They may have been at their second or possibly third jobs of course.
simonk
or should i say simple Simon unions are no good read your history,and look at what union have won for members in the last hundred years
or should i say simple Simon unions are no good read your history,and look at what union have won for members in the last hundred years
Sick pay isn't something to live off.
It's a temporary payment to tide you over for short term illness.
It's a temporary payment to tide you over for short term illness.
topped up by your rainy day savings
We're financially knackered, kaput! The public purse is empty. What is one to expect? Most union leaders heads are squarely in their body space where the sun don't shine.
Patel 2020 – Public Money –
£ 669 Rachel’s kitchen
£ 77,269.40 Beautiful Brows (run by Global Beauty products)
£ 5,415.90 Primark
£ 849.50 Sports direct
£ 864 Hair
£ 30,000 Global Beauty products
£ 2,022.64 electronics
£ 1,040.69 garden centre
£ 3,774.29 Pollyana Restaurant
£ 919.81 Entertainment
£ 3,952.76 Pollyana Restaurant again
£ 900 Oxford pub
£ 2,000 Diet consultant
£ 669 Rachel’s kitchen
£ 77,269.40 Beautiful Brows (run by Global Beauty products)
£ 5,415.90 Primark
£ 849.50 Sports direct
£ 864 Hair
£ 30,000 Global Beauty products
£ 2,022.64 electronics
£ 1,040.69 garden centre
£ 3,774.29 Pollyana Restaurant
£ 919.81 Entertainment
£ 3,952.76 Pollyana Restaurant again
£ 900 Oxford pub
£ 2,000 Diet consultant
One might ask how many union officials have been furloughed? Come to that, how many unions have suspended collecting membership dues or provided bailout funds for furloughed workers?
Phew! Thankfully though we've still got £2.6m for the PMs "Briefing Room", £9m for the PMs bunker under No.10, £200k so the PMs current girlfriend can have new wallpaper, £500k so the PM doesn't have to sack Patel for bullying & don't forget the £37bn on a failed T,T & T system that's made a lot of money for Tory cronies!
Funny how there's always money for useless things!??
Funny how there's always money for useless things!??
topped up by your rainy day savings
Time they started to save for them. In the days before easy credit, people used to do that, there was no other option. Now some people believe the state should be their "rainy day" saviour; if they're willing to pay the state more to do that, why can they not just save for themselves anyway, then they'll also avoid having to fill in annoying forms.
They could give up the Sky TV subscription?
Many companies are miserly towards their staff
Unless of course you work for the BBC then it's a licence fee payer's bonanza.
Can you name any or is that just an ignorant assumption
I work for a private company and my pay was increased by ~3% this year along with everyone in the organisation, include shop-floor workers. FTSE-50 company.
I'd like to see a massive increase in sick pay, public sector pay, higher pensions for all. But, we can only pay what we can afford. Now we're out of the EU, the temptation to tread water & do OK has gone, we have to make it in the world. We have a competitive advantage in life sciences (genome sequencing etc), AI & Fintech. We need money to invest in science & tech - that should be the priority
Fair point but I wonder whether our MPs will be so frugal when it comes to awarding themselves a pay rise.
Malingering pay is low because if you are truly sick you will literally not be doing anything except eating and sleeping
It should probably be abolished as it annoys everyone in payroll to death and companies mostly have acceptable company sick pay and the government pays 5% of it's workers to do nothing all the time too
It should probably be abolished as it annoys everyone in payroll to death and companies mostly have acceptable company sick pay and the government pays 5% of it's workers to do nothing all the time too
If your employer doesn’t continue to pay your wages while you are self isolating or off sick, and you earn just too much to qualify for tax credits, and you have no savings because you are just managing to pay your mortgage/rent, fuel bills, and feed your family, how can you survive on £96 a week? Stop heating your house? Have cold showers?Switch off the lights? Cancel your broadband?
The answer is to take some personal responsibility and ensure you have some rainy-day savings, not stand dumbly with your hand out for freebies the whole time.
No point saving at 0% interest but if you get ill you get an almost useless £96.35 a week
Anyone can get ill at anytime
You wonder why Covid suffers went to work and spread it?
This is why
Tories building a society scared of everything to better exploit them
Anyone can get ill at anytime
You wonder why Covid suffers went to work and spread it?
This is why
Tories building a society scared of everything to better exploit them
They can't. It's illegal.
There is a balance to be stuck between workers' rights and the need for businesses to make profits and invest. The TUC hierarchy are themselves Victorian in their anti-capitalist, class warfare outlook, hence their support for Corbyn.
The Tories dont hide who they are, the clues are there for all to see!! 'We are all in it together' pay freeze for all public sectors and a tax break for the top earners!! ?? pandemic hits the country, contracts worth billions for their mates and cronies, NHS frontline staff who risked their lives to save us, get 1% pay rise! ?? get real people, the TORIES dont care about YOU just their own!!!!!!!
Why would hard working highly educated successful people get minimum wage? That's for the very young and the hard of thinking.
You seem to be missing the point the poster raised and that’s we all accept that as members we contribute into a State sponsored sickness scheme, but should you or any other such union leader as McCluskey deem that it is insufficient then the unions should step in and support their worker as surely it is one of the main reasons for their existence? Your last sentence is political nonsense!
Oh dear the left are out in force with this one.
BBC must be loving this one. Creating division....left v right....black vs white....Male vs female.
In the real world, most people are fine with things. Need to do a Simpsons movie and place a dome over London and let the rest of us carry on calmly.
BBC must be loving this one. Creating division....left v right....black vs white....Male vs female.
In the real world, most people are fine with things. Need to do a Simpsons movie and place a dome over London and let the rest of us carry on calmly.
Only needs to be over North London, with a smaller one over Brighton.
oh dear
What's "left" about a decent level of statutory sick pay?
Is it "left" to also want a decent pension (UK's is one of the lowest in the developed world)?
Course it isn't. Stop being politically-divisive - something you've accused the BBC of.
Is it "left" to also want a decent pension (UK's is one of the lowest in the developed world)?
Course it isn't. Stop being politically-divisive - something you've accused the BBC of.
Perhaps the unions can start supporting teachers who are suspended without good reason, too.
Like the unions at DVLA on strike today, it was reported on BBC Wales pages last week about the high community infections in the same area, people getting covid from parties and home hopping, maybe some of those worked at DVLA and took it there?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56602992
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56602992
Clearly, the primary reason for the 50p weekly increase is symbolic. It is a government statement about the value of the recipient to society, in its view.
A bit like the NHS workers 1%. Great Scott, we simply can't afford that, we have still to pay for the Press Centre, Carrie's Renovations, the compensation for the Ferries, the Virtual Parliament, the 10K for MP's working from home, do they think we are made of money?
if only they had slept with the PM, they'd have £100.000 of our taxes as a gift
0.5% pay increase is at least 0.5% more than most workers have received this last year.
0.5% increase on all wages vs 4-5% increase on a much smaller council tax.
People should still be up if they shop around on utilities etc and keep their fixed costs low/limit the increase. Should still have more disposable income in their pocket each month...
People should still be up if they shop around on utilities etc and keep their fixed costs low/limit the increase. Should still have more disposable income in their pocket each month...
Yes, odd that. As a large employer the LA are having to put council tax up so much for council tax payers who all seem to be getting far smaller wage increases or indeed are earning less in real terms. So tell me, who is driving up inflation?
Why do some people imagine their lives should only get better every year? Never understood the delusion. Is that fantasy why so many apparently live it up all the time to the limit and more of their daily earnings? Instead of saving every penny they can as life is not a one way path ever better. Bet you also expect loads more free stuff, crazy pay rises for emotive groups, paid for by taxes too!
A very fair point, if they did the same with MW and have near parity between them it would make a lot of sense.
Those with high paying jobs get furloughed but essential workers who have been sacrificed to keep us going are left with a laughable amount of compensation.
People who need SSP at this time will likely be in a low-paid job and NEED their wages to survive and they cannot do that with this package. If they cant survive on SSP then they will go into work and spread COVID. Simple.
People who need SSP at this time will likely be in a low-paid job and NEED their wages to survive and they cannot do that with this package. If they cant survive on SSP then they will go into work and spread COVID. Simple.
absolutely correct
It's always other peoples' money with them, usually mine.
It's always other peoples' money with them, usually mine.
That is the problem right there, it isn't your money, as soon as you pay tax it ceases to be your money you're never getting it back so why complain, if people aren't looked after properly and have access to money they need to survive it then affects everybody either directly or indirectly, you need to see the bigger picture, the "it's my money" attitude is precisely why tax exists..to benefit all
If the unions are so upset, why don't they use their members subscriptions to top up members sick pay from their own funds?
I'd like to see a massive increase in sick pay, public sector pay, higher pensions for all. But, we can only pay what we can afford. Now we're out of the EU, the temptation to tread water & do OK has gone, we have to make it in the world. We have a competitive advantage in life sciences (genome sequencing etc), AI & Fintech. We need money to invest in science & tech - that should be the priority
Our MPs don't get to decide their pay, it's set by an independent body. Why? Because for decades they didn't given themselves a pay rise (govts of both colours) as it 'looked bad'. So, to keep up with rising costs, they had allowances on a nod & a wink leading to the expenses scandal in the nougties. Those allowances have now gone & pay rises are set independently of MPs
Especially since so many will not get the £500 from the local council
It will buy half a bag of Kettle chips! Even worse, look at the £10 'Christmas Bonus' for OAPs - introduced in the 1970s and never increased. If it had been increased, it would now be £140. And the £300 for OAPs introduced in 2008 towards winter gas and electricity - reduced to £200 in 2011 - it should be £500, by now!! CPI figures do not reflect inflation costs for OAPs spending pattern.
As a senior, We should all shut up and stop moaning - with the big pension rise to come along. No other section of society is considered, because we vote. Go on a cruise and there you will see seniors of every social class - or to an adults-only hotel - OAP spending pattern! The idea of the poor pensioner is outdated and embarrassing in the main. There may be pockets of poverty, but very tiny.
All we ever hear from the unions and the Labour party these days are criticism and "We want".
Never anything positive or helpful to say yet people still pay into and vote for them.
Maybe they use brainwashing to eliminate common sense?
Never anything positive or helpful to say yet people still pay into and vote for them.
Maybe they use brainwashing to eliminate common sense?
No point saving at 0% interest but if you get ill you get an almost useless £96.35 a week
Anyone can get ill at anytime
You wonder why Covid suffers went to work and spread it?
This is why
Tories building a society scared of everything to better exploit them
Anyone can get ill at anytime
You wonder why Covid suffers went to work and spread it?
This is why
Tories building a society scared of everything to better exploit them
Labour introduced NMW, tax credits for low-paid & Pension Credit to top up one of W.Europes lowest retirement pensions.
As soon as this bunch got power they tried (failed) to abolish tax credits & cut millions out of pension credit.
One of them suggested cutting £1ph off the NMW after the 09 crash, as they pumped billions into banks & allowed bosses to walk away millionairres.
They're disgusting
As soon as this bunch got power they tried (failed) to abolish tax credits & cut millions out of pension credit.
One of them suggested cutting £1ph off the NMW after the 09 crash, as they pumped billions into banks & allowed bosses to walk away millionairres.
They're disgusting
Unions object to... [insert absolutely any government proposal here].
It's what they always do. Why is it newsworthy?
It's what they always do. Why is it newsworthy?
If the government said "we'll give SSP to everyone at £1M a day" - the unions would want £1M plus £1
Malingering pay is low because if you are truly sick you will literally not be doing anything except eating and sleeping
It should probably be abolished as it annoys everyone in payroll to death and companies mostly have acceptable company sick pay and the government pays 5% of it's workers to do nothing all the time too
It should probably be abolished as it annoys everyone in payroll to death and companies mostly have acceptable company sick pay and the government pays 5% of it's workers to do nothing all the time too
The Tories dont hide who they are, the clues are there for all to see!! 'We are all in it together' pay freeze for all public sectors and a tax break for the top earners!! ?? pandemic hits the country, contracts worth billions for their mates and cronies, NHS frontline staff who risked their lives to save us, get 1% pay rise! ?? get real people, the TORIES dont care about YOU just their own!!!!!!!
Yes - by becoming a Tory you'll learn to take personal responsibility rather than expecting the State or "society" to do it all for you. You'll learn the benefits of hard work and deferring gratification and you'll stand on your own two feet rather than expect never-ending handouts from other peoples pockets. You'll be free.
A lot of comments saying £96 is fine to live on for a few weeks if you're sick.
It is not!
SSP doesnt mean you get any extra help. Universal credit might help after 5 weeks, housing benefit doesnt exist for short term illness.
The sick person would be expected to pay everything from this £96. What if they need a few prescriptions to help get better? Extra heating etc.
It's not enough! Not at all.
It is not!
SSP doesnt mean you get any extra help. Universal credit might help after 5 weeks, housing benefit doesnt exist for short term illness.
The sick person would be expected to pay everything from this £96. What if they need a few prescriptions to help get better? Extra heating etc.
It's not enough! Not at all.
Good for you paying your way. Where's your evidence all the other 34 million of the UK's working population both earn enough and the money by to do the same?
Really? Your comment is a little bit like the
"What have the Romans ever done for us?" scene in The Life Of Brian.
But for unions there would be NO sick pay. Decent holidays, breaks, maternity & paternity leave, bereavement pay etc. See Amazon!
Yes there HAS been a pandemic, economic down turn but maybe if companies paid ALL the tax they should and governments didnt waste billions it would help!
"What have the Romans ever done for us?" scene in The Life Of Brian.
But for unions there would be NO sick pay. Decent holidays, breaks, maternity & paternity leave, bereavement pay etc. See Amazon!
Yes there HAS been a pandemic, economic down turn but maybe if companies paid ALL the tax they should and governments didnt waste billions it would help!
It will buy half a bag of Kettle chips! Even worse, look at the £10 'Christmas Bonus' for OAPs - introduced in the 1970s and never increased. If it had been increased, it would now be £140. And the £300 for OAPs introduced in 2008 towards winter gas and electricity - reduced to £200 in 2011 - it should be £500, by now!! CPI figures do not reflect inflation costs for OAPs spending pattern.
£96.35 statutory sick pay is more than enough
Well done Boris. Useless unions. Happy Easter
Well done Boris. Useless unions. Happy Easter
Enjoy your private pension while you can, the older you get the more costly it is, been there ,done that, got the Tshirt!
another dim wit union are useless look at this we would have none of this with out union
it was unions which fought for and won a minimum wage, maternity and paternity rights, pension provision, holiday and sickness entitlements. These union victories have benefited every single British person.
it was unions which fought for and won a minimum wage, maternity and paternity rights, pension provision, holiday and sickness entitlements. These union victories have benefited every single British person.
Yes more than enough if you starve all week and don’t pay any bills
£96 is what Johnson spends on a slap up lunch for one.
£96 is what Johnson spends on a slap up lunch for one.
The BBC fail to mention that in most of those countries with higher sick pay you pay greater contributions towards it. In some you still pay while out of work from the sick pay you have, as well as medical insurance.
Where? There is 400 characters in a HYS post and you didnt use any of them for citations or examples.
You say the BBC "Fail to mention" then you fail to give any evidence. Perhaps you would like to actually rise to your OWN standard?
Can I have the countries? Perhaps an example of HOW they contribute towards their own sick pay?
You say the BBC "Fail to mention" then you fail to give any evidence. Perhaps you would like to actually rise to your OWN standard?
Can I have the countries? Perhaps an example of HOW they contribute towards their own sick pay?
I'm in a non-unionisted sector, science. I've been working 20 years and have a PhD and get just under £24k a year, down from a grand high £32k a year. I have no pension.
My dad was a steelworker, a heavily unionisted sector. He worked 40 years on £40k and retired on a private pension worth £220k.
But do tell me more of your interesting stories of how unions are useless...
My dad was a steelworker, a heavily unionisted sector. He worked 40 years on £40k and retired on a private pension worth £220k.
But do tell me more of your interesting stories of how unions are useless...
You'd think with a PhD you'd have enough analytical skills to change sectors and get more pay?
Many companies are miserly towards their staff
Envy.
If they decide that you have what they call 'talent', like Gary Lineker, you are quids in. I suspect that many behind-the-scenes BBC workers are not well paid.
Brass Eye - what about the truth?
Yes I think everyone should be paid the £1.75 million that Lineker sucks out of the taxpayer for 1 hours work a week and he should be made to live on the old age pension taxed to death of course!
Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary, could have said
"I got my members to buy me a £700,000 house and it's not realistic to expect them to buy me another one with only 50p a week extra"
Len McCluskey. A greedy greedy hypocrite of a man.
"I got my members to buy me a £700,000 house and it's not realistic to expect them to buy me another one with only 50p a week extra"
Len McCluskey. A greedy greedy hypocrite of a man.
That doesn't mean that the union itself doesn't do anything useful for its members.
I'm no fan of McCluskey but he was elected to lead a Union which 1.4m people chose to join.
If people say Unions are irrelevant, what does that say about the relevance of political parties?
The total number of people who chose to be members of Labour (496,000), Conservative (180,000), SNP (225,00) and LibDems (121,000) is less than the membership of Unite.
If people say Unions are irrelevant, what does that say about the relevance of political parties?
The total number of people who chose to be members of Labour (496,000), Conservative (180,000), SNP (225,00) and LibDems (121,000) is less than the membership of Unite.
Fair point but I wonder whether our MPs will be so frugal when it comes to awarding themselves a pay rise.
Our MPs don't get to decide their pay, it's set by an independent body. Why? Because for decades they didn't given themselves a pay rise (govts of both colours) as it 'looked bad'. So, to keep up with rising costs, they had allowances on a nod & a wink leading to the expenses scandal in the nougties. Those allowances have now gone & pay rises are set independently of MPs
Typical Union response. Just where is the money gonna come from ? As always they demand vast resources which can only come from tax payers.it is now routine for them to attack each and every proposal regardless of merits . Unions perpetually demonstrate the utmost bad faith. The vast treasure chest of taxpayer revenue,if it ever existed,is empty. Union clowns need to join the real world
The we should be given and the we are entitled bunch of lefties and losers who destroy everything they touch. They are ALWAYS saying pay more, give us more, spend on this or that they they NEVER say where the money is going to come from, They have a magic money tree to pay for everything.
Ah yes the "destroyers" of the country.
The UNISON nurses delivering jabs to get the country up and running.
The Police Federation keeping us safe.
The NFU members keeping us fed.
The GMB workers in the car plants and other manufacturing.
The UNITE members maintaining the electricity/gas/water supplies to your house.
The USDAW workers in Supermarkets.
NASUWT teaching your children......
The UNISON nurses delivering jabs to get the country up and running.
The Police Federation keeping us safe.
The NFU members keeping us fed.
The GMB workers in the car plants and other manufacturing.
The UNITE members maintaining the electricity/gas/water supplies to your house.
The USDAW workers in Supermarkets.
NASUWT teaching your children......
That's profoundly ironic given that the Tories are borrowing a billion a day.