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To say that teachers in their early 30s on €40k per year (plus the hols, the pension,etc etc) are "scraping by" is an insult. As for €60k at the top of the scale - sheesh !!
Are you saying all Public Servants are on 60k in their early 30's?
If so I suggest you take a walk outside and breath some fresh air because whatever you are smoking is distorting your sense or reality.
The cost of living in Ireland is caused, in no small way, by our inflated salaries.
Not the bosses...just the workers???
In the exposed private sector, we are making painful adjustments very quickly indeed. In my own company, we have had across the board pay cuts already this year, and more likely before Christmas. It's that or the jobs to Eastern Europe, where a highly skilled, low cost workforce can do our jobs just as well, while local tax rates are far lower.
My understanding is that 90% of the private sector haven't taken a pay cut as of yet but you are harping on as if every single person who works for the private sector has taken a pay cut.
100% of the Public service has taken a pay cut.
To see SIPTU and IMPACT on the news screaming for more pay rises for a cossetted public sector is a slap in the face to those of us scraping by, and praying that our jobs will be here tomorrow.
First I've heard of the unions screaming.
It is patently unfair to suggest that the entire pain for the readjustment / depression that Ireland is going through should be borne by private sector workers
Who suggested this???
I certainly did not and no PS employee on AAM has ever said this so can you back up the claim that someone suggested this.
With the exception of fuel, all others will come down if wages fall.
Will mortgages?