Council workers to strike - Page 2

andrewb · 24-06-2008, 00:57

The other month I was told by someone on here that RPI was an incorrect measure of inflation.

cashman · 24-06-2008, 01:00

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Originally Posted by andrewb

The other month I was told by someone on here that RPI was an incorrect measure of inflation.

since when have you been taking notice of anyone on here?

Mancie · 24-06-2008, 01:01

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Originally Posted by andrewb

and how many council workers are there? as in what cost is it to us if they get the 6% they want

Um about 8 blokes and 2 spades and a JCB.. so that's 5 blokes and a wheelbarrow.. is that sorted mate?

grannyclaret · 24-06-2008, 02:34

My son works in a council reabilitation home,for elderly people who nead extra care after a stay in hospital,,,,No way will he go on strike and desert the old folk ,its a principle thing with him .Would you like it if it was a parent or grandparent of yours,,,

derekgas · 24-06-2008, 07:14

The rate of inflation is a false representation of the actual price rises we have suffered, I am pretty sure that many things are not taken into account, council tax and utilities i think are some of them, gas and electric will have gone up by 100% at the end of this year (in 2 years), fuel has gone up around 25% since christmas, so the pittance being offered is way below the rate of inflation, pay rises at our place will be none existant this year because we have been forced to indcrease prices to help the fuel bills, if we had to do it again to meet wage increases, we would lose a lot of business, therefore jobs would go, I dont see any easy solution, but I do see plenty of unrest on the way.

andrewb · 24-06-2008, 07:21

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Originally Posted by derekgas

The rate of inflation is a false representation of the actual price rises we have suffered, I am pretty sure that many things are not taken into account, council tax and utilities i think are some of them, gas and electric will have gone up by 100% at the end of this year (in 2 years), fuel has gone up around 25% since christmas, so the pittance being offered is way below the rate of inflation, pay rises at our place will be none existant this year because we have been forced to indcrease prices to help the fuel bills, if we had to do it again to meet wage increases, we would lose a lot of business, therefore jobs would go, I dont see any easy solution, but I do see plenty of unrest on the way.

Well put. I agree with most of this.

On a bigger scale, increasing wages can cause greater inflation too.

derekgas · 24-06-2008, 07:39

That was part of what I was trying to say Andrew, thank you.

Neil · 24-06-2008, 08:03

Public sector workers are not in the real world. If they want a 6% rise what are we the customer going to get for our 6%?

I don't want to see my tax increased do you?

I would give it to them and pay for it with a 6% reduction in staff on the condition there was no loss in service to us the customer.
In industry we have to earn our pay rises by becoming more productive, more efficient, produce less waste and scrap etc.

What extra will we, the customer, see for this 6% rise?

jaysay · 24-06-2008, 09:10

There are quite a few on here who will vividly remember 1979, the winter of discontent, when the waste was piled high, the dead were unburried and the country ground to a hault. I don't want to see that again, its bad enough the bins not being emptied every week now. However Neil has a point there is a big difference between the public and private sector, and the bottom line is if there is a 6% rise will the government make allowences in the local government payments or will services have to be cut. the only other outcome is a rise in council tax irrespective of the colour of the council