What a mean minded post. Out of interest, do people in the private sector take a cut in the interests of their employer or in the interest of saving their job and because they have no other choice.
However, I don't believe there is any more blood in public sector pay especially at low and middle income earners. Still plenty to do on the reform side including over overall public sector numbers.
It would be a smart move by the government to state something to this effect. Something like "we have done as much as we need with cutting pay and are confident that future savings can be made through reform, numbers etc".
I think a lot of public servants, while unhappy with the cuts, would just get on with the job and not be interested in strike action.
We have to move forward.
What a mean minded post. Out of interest, do people in the private sector take a cut in the interests of their employer or in the interest of saving their job and because they have no other choice.
Eh, you seriously think we'd believe the Government???
But why would we trust them? We called off a strike last week because they said there would be no pay cuts, but a cut in hours. Then the reneged. No one in here will believe anything they say and I cna't see the Unions calling off industrial action again just on the word of the Government.
The unfortunate position we're in means that the government probably will have to cut public sector pay again. This Budget only (at best) keeps us steady.It would be a smart move by the government to state something to this effect. Something like "we have done as much as we need with cutting pay and are confident that future savings can be made through reform, numbers etc".
That €4billion will be gobbled up by the banks fairly sharpish.
She landed an unbelievable line on me next claiming that “those on the dole” contribute nothing to this country and most of them “sit around all day watching TV”. She went on to say that it is the “poor souls” who are working in the PS that are bearing the brunt.
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She landed an unbelievable line on me next claiming that “those on the dole” contribute nothing to this country and most of them “sit around all day watching TV”. She went on to say that it is the “poor souls” who are working in the PS that are bearing the brunt.
I She just didn’t have it in her to show empathy or sympathy for those who had lost a job. After all, in her world they didn’t “contribute”. I wondered if she had forgotten that many were taxpayers once.
Are you saying that all Public Servants think like this and have no sympathy for those on the dole.
The net effect of the cut will be more competition for the few private sector jobs out there. From talking to PS workers I know there are a lot with one eye on the door.
Im aware emotions are high today but having said that I never mentioned to my kids what I think of their teachers and the public service yet they seem contented enough to let the kids know..
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