On 5 Sep, 09:45, eastender wrote:
No, travelling faster than the speed of light is impossible. Protecting
pension rights isn't.

When the RMT said they were already considering striking during the
Olympics, on account of having to work longer hours, I realised that
they had lost the plot. They're trying to hold the country to ransom,
and force TPTB to cave in (after all, come 2012, there will be plenty
of people trying to cash in on the basis that they MUST go ahead no
matter what).

Just wait until the contractors start demanding more cash to finish
the construction on time, just as they did on the tube before the dome
opened. It's becoming the norm now, which worries me. Our local
council is planning to outsource just about everything, because a
third party can supposedly manage everything for less cost - even
though they'll take on the same staff and take a fee for sitting in
the middle. You just know they'll be asking for more cash in a few
years, and the council will have no choice but to bail them out (or
face tough questions). We ask for this of course, because we give
contracts to the cheapest people - so people HAVE to lie to get the
work.

A union should protect the rights of workers obviously, but no union
can try and demand ridiculous promises or pay rises that are well
beyond inflation, or moan when people want to change the way we work.
Life moves on, and things do change. You can't live in ancient times
forever.

Jonathan