Actually not one person I've spoken to (from wide range of backgrounds) support the unions on this.
Caveat, tell me this, Who are the Union in your opinion?
The Members are the Union.
Did someone hold a gun up against the heads of 12,721 lower paid public and civil servants that are members of the CPSU? Did this same person tell 83% of them to vote for industrial action?
Are you trying to say that the lower paid section of the public and civil service are that stupid and not able to make their own minds up and take a stand against the what this Government is trying to do, while at the same time handing over the deeds of the country to the Banks.
We all need to take a stand. We all need to do something to get ourselves out of this mess that the Banks and the Government got us into. Its OUR country after all. Some will be hit harder than others in the same way some benefited more than others during the good times.
I'm sick to the teeth of reading such crap on this webiste (a fantastic website, that I have been delighted to use over the last couple of years), constant slating of the public and civil service as a whole when in reality this mess was created by those with all the power.
I'll take a hit, i'll pay my way, but when I see the likes of the criminals running our banks and getting away with what they have done (and there's more to come!), special needs school children being denied a decent education due to a €7m cut in funds while the banks get €7bn...
Where is the justice in this country?
We should all stand together and not use forums like this to incite hatred amongst our fellow workers.
I will be striking, not just for myself but for every decent person that has paid their way, paid their taxes and is fed up with whats going on and wants change now!