Ban on industrial action

[megawatt]

I thought I heard on the radio on the way home tonight that the prison service have taken out a high court injunction against any further industrial action by its workforce ... Was I dreaming?

 

[joe-90]

You can't really lock people up and clear off and leave them. Just think of the compo claims.

 

[megawatt]

Perhaps it would be easier to pay the PO's in line with inflation rather than pay prisoners compo claims then

 

[ricicle]

Look what happened when Thatcher's government banned GCHQ workers from belonging to a Trade Union.........

 

[BoxBasher]

The injuction was taken against an illegal strike by Prison Officers who have a "no strike" clause in their T&C's of employment.

It's one of the rights they sign away when applying for the prison service. Same as the plod and the army.

 

[Softus]

Perhaps it would be easier to pay the PO's in line with inflation rather than pay prisoners compo claims then

Er, um, and then shall we start paying kidnappers whatever they demand, and doing whatever terrorists want?

 

[Trazor]

Er, um, and then shall we start paying kidnappers whatever they demand, and doing whatever terrorists want?

Thought we already did that with the IRA...

 

[BOB D.O.L.E]

ITS SCANDALEELOUISE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PAID WELL DONE .
HOW MANY MOORE STRICKS POST OFFICE ETC.................
ITS CORPRATE MANAGEMENT BULLYS CIVIL WAR I SAY RID THE COUNTRY OF CORPRATE CORRUPTION THE MEDIA ARE THE FIDDLE PLAYERS WE NEED TO STAY AT HOME, WE NEED A NATIONAL STRIKE YEAR NOT A DAY................. EVERYONE DONT GO TO WORK STAY IN BED AND S..OD THE GOV LIKE HE SIAD TELL THEM TO SHOVE IT UP THERE A..RSESS

 

[securespark]

Have you shoved the CAPSLOCK key up your ar se, Bob?

 

[Spark123]

The prison officers do have a point though, why should they have to have a poor pay increase? Sometimes, direct action is the only action which gets results. The shift lads at the comany I work for went out on a 1 day a week strike a few years ago over a failed promise of equal shift pay for all shift employees, the unions allowing safety cover.
At the local prison the night shift prison officers got locked in whilst the strike was ongoing.

 

[joe-90]

The problem is about the gulf in the pay of workers. You have millions earning the minimum wage and then you have GPs and Lawyers earning £1000 per day.

The poor on the minimum wage have families to raise and mortgages to pay just like everyone else.

What we need is the minimum wage raising and huge pay cuts for the fat cats - or a tax system that puts the heaviest load on those with the broadest financial shoulders.

 

[Adam_151]

What we need is the minimum wage raising

I'm not sure that we do, I think too much change would probably have undesireable consequences and possibly increase unempolyment

and huge pay cuts for the fat cats

We live in a capitalist society, if a company wants to pay someone what they think they're worth, then thats their call, if they mess up too much then they go out of business!, of course public sector empolyers should be careful that they arn't paying someone utterly useless lots of dosh from public money

- or a tax system that puts the heaviest load on those with the broadest financial shoulders.

No, Mr Healy, we don't

 

[BoxBasher]

What we need is the minimum wage raising

Now I think the rise in minimum wage is partly to blame for the problems first time buyers have (other reasons being the buy-to-let boom and the right to buy council properties).

We now have more people who can afford to buy their own property.

The gap between minimum wage and a decent wage is closing rapidly, I can't see so called "decent salary" jobs increasing to maintain that gap.

 

[Nige F]

The problem is about the gulf in the pay of workers. You have millions earning the minimum wage and then you have GPs and Lawyers earning £1000 per day.

The poor on the minimum wage have families to raise and mortgages to pay just like everyone else.

What we need is the minimum wage raising and huge pay cuts for the fat cats - or a tax system that puts the heaviest load on those with the broadest financial shoulders.

I respect that comment, but I had you down as a Th****erite

 

[megawatt]

Softus wrote:

Er, um, and then shall we start paying kidnappers whatever they demand, and doing whatever terrorists want?

Even by your standards this is a little extreme ... Surely you're not comparing prison officers with a dispute over pay to Kidnappers and Terrorists?

If you are I would be interested to hear the rationale.

MW