mike_field
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Yup, another great distraction for the cock womble to hide behind, even though I think the RMT are being complete pricks again.
Big strikes about to kick off, government no where to be seen, haven’t bothered getting round the table with the unions. Make no mistake, they want this.
I don’t know the ins and outs of it, but I suspect the government want to use the situation to turn the public against the RMT for their own PR gain, as much as the RMT are probably not wholly justified in their actions
"We want our union to be less bureaucratic and more democratic, and to reach and involve the four-fifths of members who did not vote in the recent General Secretary election"I don’t know the ins and outs of it, but I suspect the government want to use the situation to turn the public against the RMT for their own PR gain, as much as the RMT are probably not wholly justified in their actions
It’s also a general smoke screen for their incompetence. Chaos suits them.I don’t know the ins and outs of it, but I suspect the government want to use the situation to turn the public against the RMT for their own PR gain, as much as the RMT are probably not wholly justified in their actions
"We want our union to be less bureaucratic and more democratic, and to reach and involve the four-fifths of members who did not vote in the recent General Secretary election"
The above was from the General Secretary's blog at the 2021 election of officers. Does anyone know what the turnout and voting to back this strike was.
Government will use it, but the RMT have been spoiling for a fight for a long while now.
I don’t know the ins and outs of it, but I suspect the government want to use the situation to turn the public against the RMT for their own PR gain, as much as the RMT are probably not wholly justified in their actions
When I was at the Pru we had a Divisional sales manager appointed from Rank Xerox, who on his maiden speech to the companies assembled sales force said his sales guys at Rank could sell 20/30 copiers a day, and couldn't understand why we couldn't sell thirty pensions a day.Passing the buck is the ultimate feature of this government.
They're literally like every senior manager I've worked with during my time in the financial services!
And those artificially low rates have encouraged people to borrow more than they could afford, pushing up house prices and making saving a complete waste of time.We've had 12 or so years of artificially low rates and QE, this has allowed an unprecedented transfer of wealth to the top largely in the form of significant asset price inflation. No one else really gained from it. Now rate rises will disproportionately hit those worse off.
BoE have little credibility these days and I'm convinced the policies we will see going forward will be largely botched policies.
We're in a pretty fucked up place.
I didn't realise that the majority of train drivers aren't in the RMT which from my perspective puts a slightly different slant on things.
Passing the buck is the ultimate feature of this government.
They're literally like every senior manager I've worked with during my time in the financial services!