bill and ben wrote:
people who go on strike should not be able to get overtime

Free speech wrote:
bill and ben wrote:people who go on strike should not be able to get overtimeRight on!They chose to go on strike and should face the consequences.To give them time and a half is to encourage MORE strikes!!!

the best binman ever wrote:
Come on boys lets take the money and run,thanks to unison us binmen get more money for going on strike.I say more strikes

SIMON wrote:
When people are in a menial job with no sense of job satisfaction, they will express their frustration in many ways. One is to strike for better pay. Car productions workers in the 1970's doing a repetitive job illustrates my point.

As for me, I am a matchstick. So striking is second nature

Adam McCartney wrote:
the best binman ever wrote:Come on boys lets take the money and run,thanks to unison us binmen get more money for going on strike.I say more strikes Why are you on here at 11.27, early finish just for a change?

tonezzzznoddedoff wrote:
Either they do the backlog on Saturday for no pay,as they should have done it anyway, Or they have to re-apply for their own jobs on the open market. Simple Really.We'll soon find out how many people out there wouldn't mind the stress free job of being a binman.

tonezzzznoddedoff wrote:
It may seem like everyone is just knocking the binmen only, but the fact is when you've got festering piles of two week old sh***y rubbish sat outside your back door, it's very difficult not to.

A Biker wrote:
Meanwhile the "other" workers who are not employed by government agencies have to make do with their 1% payrise (that's what i got).
I can't go on strike and neither can the rest of the UK workers like me.
However if you are employed via a government agency you can.
Get real, the rest of us have no pay rise to boast about - if you get a payrise my tax goes up, which puts me further out of pocket.
You're not the only ones who are struggling.
Unless I am wrong and if you get a payrise it will make my employer and others issue us a payrise?

Stevie D wrote:
"I agree with the strike I was on strike, but it defeats the object if people just go in days later and get overtime.Also why is everyone having a go at the bin men, it was the COUNCIL that went on strike not just them"I'm pretty sure it's council policy that anyone who goes on strike is not allowed to work overtime or additional hours to make up for work they didn't do because of the strike.The reason people keep going on about the binmen is because they're the only ones that this wonderfully impartial rag The Press ever seems to mention. Many council workers were at their desks on Wednesday and Thursday, so maybe a higher proportion of binmen were on strike than workers in other departments.Personal
ly, I don't see the point in striking and losing 2 days pay over a rise that is worth 1.5 days pay...

the best binman ever wrote:
Adam McCartney wrote:the best binman ever wrote:Come on boys lets take the money and run,thanks to unison us binmen get more money for going on strike.I say more strikes Why are you on here at 11.27, early finish just for a change?Adam i take it don't get holidays at your place of work,or are you one of the pondlife that doesn't work.

Adam McCartney wrote:
the best binman ever wrote:Adam McCartney wrote:the best binman ever wrote:Come on boys lets take the money and run,thanks to unison us binmen get more money for going on strike.I say more strikes Why are you on here at 11.27, early finish just for a change?Adam i take it don't get holidays at your place of work,or are you one of the pondlife that doesn't work.Put it this way, my job is a lot better than emptying peoples rubbish out of their bins.

chrisatyork wrote:
Ok i`ve read all the posts, as an unemployed "idle layabout" as someone called me.I would gladly take any job on offer at the moment as the pathetic £60.50 the government say i can live on a week can`t be done.Also i am not unemployed due to any fault of my own as i was made redundant.Any more comments tarring all unemployed as "idle layabouts" will be reported.

Eddie Hitler wrote:
The point is that people are striking because they can't afford to live a normal life. Quality of life is starting to fall and will continue to fall. Power cuts, civil unrest, food/fuel shortages, rampant inflation. This isn't doomongering, this is reality. You're already seeing the first signs of it now. If prices and taxes continue to rise at the current rate, then we are all in for a very rough ride. Money has been borrowed and pumped into the economy for years to keep it going and now the chickens are coming home to roost. What goes up, must inevitably, come down.

keepitshut wrote:
Adam McCartney wrote:the best binman ever wrote:Adam McCartney wrote:the best binman ever wrote:Come on boys lets take the money and run,thanks to unison us binmen get more money for going on strike.I say more strikes Why are you on here at 11.27, early finish just for a change?Adam i take it don't get holidays at your place of work,or are you one of the pondlife that doesn't work.Put it this way, my job is a lot better than emptying peoples rubbish out of their bins.Adam,your job may be a lot better than theirs,it doesnt give you the right to slag the people off that do empty bins,dont knock something until you have tried it!If you still reside at Brailsford Crescent you might get the chance to be a bin-man sooner than you think,i would expect the contents of your bin all over your garden and driveway next week if you dont watch yourself!

keepitshut wrote:
Not being a binman,postman,milkm
an or visitor to Brailsford Crescent i wouldnt know,however,thanks for the irrelevant information!