I thought we had agreement on this years ago...nothing ever happened though !T
The Government on the other hand, got agreement on a range of public sector reforms
I thought we had agreement on this years ago...nothing ever happened though !
No compulsory redundancies?Where is the incentive in this deal?
There is nothing in this deal for PS workers. A promise not to cut pay until 2014 cannot be kept and anyway one of the conditions is that in the event if further financial crisis, this will be reversed. Since further financial crisis is guaranteed by yesterdays bank numbers, I think we can safely expect more pay cuts.
The Government on the other hand, got agreement on a range of public sector reforms whichl, depending on your circumstances, could be a very bad thing for PS workers. It’s difficult to see how union members, particularly those earning over 35k, would vote for this deal.
This is not a comment on public service reform, just the deal that was done on Monday night. It seems to me that behind all the rhetoric, it was just a mechanism to end the WTR and give the country some sense of normality again regarding public services. That being the case, everyone involved in the disputes can now claim victory and will go back to work as if nothing ever happened.
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+1. I think any union member who votes for this is crazy. There are so many out clauses for the Government, the whole thing is meaningless.
I thought we had agreement on this years ago...nothing ever happened though !
+1 Objectives should be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time Bound) .
The reforms objective fails on # 1, 2, 5 IMO.
Maybe it was an unspoken realisation on the part of the union leadership that things are so bad they have no choice. Maybe they aren't stupid after all.
Oh how magnanimous of you Mr 'I'm on a fantastic salary and as much of a capitalist as any other businessman but if I grow a beard and don't wear a tie people will think I'm down to earth'.
I thought "benchmarking" was intended to bring Civil & Public Servants pay in line with the Private Sector pay (during Celtic Tiger years, which they claimed they were missing out on).
So whats the problem with "Benchmarking 2" to bring C & PS pay back down in line with Private Sector ?
I think the panel on the Late Late the other night summed it up perfectly when they said that public sector workers are kidding themselves (or being lied to by their union leaders) if they think that they aren't going to get hit big time over the next decade or so.
As they pointed out, wages in the public sector have nearly quadrupled in the last 10 years or so (their wages now account for nearly two-thirds of the Gov's income), and when a country is as bankrupt as we are then the Gov has no other option but to make big cuts. And they will.