howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Keith Sansum1
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yes howard
one of the reasons I disagreed with barryw on other threads
we need strong trade unions to protect workers from the onslaught
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Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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Most of the working class are employed by employment agencies, so the bosses can circumnavigate EU employment law
Uk workers at the bottom, are having to pay a parasite tax to the agencies
This equals' low wages
Never see keith s, or labour reg , highlighting this one , to consumed with bashing ukip
Brian Dixon
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along with more investment,regardless of what barry says.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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For ever Reg and I have highlighted the plight of the poor, working or otherwise
employment agency or other poor paying employers
but you to busy bashing the EU to notice keith b
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Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Yes .....`U` turn on EU by our UKIP poster................their.inconsistency continues.........................
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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yep
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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we were told a year or two back that france was in dire straits economically but their workers are not being shafted.
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Meanwhile, across the pond...
US fast-food workers in vanguard of growing protests at 'starvation' wages
"...McDonald's, along with dozens of profitable Wall Street-listed fast food and retail chains, is being rocked by unprecedented workforce- and consumer-led protests over wages and conditions.
Since last year, when Walmart faced the first co-ordinated strikes in its history over pay and conditions, similar protests have been spreading through America's low-wage workforce. Earlier this month thousands of fast food workers in cities including New York, Chicago and Detroit took to the streets, many wearing red "Fight for 15" T-shirts - a reference to the popular call for a $15 (£9.70) hourly wage, almost double the current minimum. With more protests planned for the autumn, America's most marginalised, vulnerable and exploited workforce is on the march.
"We're frustrated and we're angry," says Alex Mack, 33, a worker at Wendy's in Chicago. "I make $8.25 an hour and it's impossible to live on. I'm a father, a husband. I'm always robbing Peter to pay Paul, shorting one bill to pay another." But Mack is optimistic that the strike action will be successful. "If we stick together, it's not impossible," he says.
The one-day protests struck not only McDonald's, Wendy's and KFC but also more expensive retail stores such as Nike, Macy's and Victoria's Secret. Last month McDonald's made headlines after it published a guide budget for employees living on the minimum wage - a gesture that backfired after the firm's own calculations showed survival on what it paid was only possible with a second job or if you live without a food budget or heating..."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/10/us-fast-food-protests-wages
P.S.
Maybe with the next round of QE, all those with less than £1,000 in the bank should get £1,000 in the bank?
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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because they stand firm together
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i love that last paragraph about mcd's patronising budget effort, good luck to the downtrodden in the states.
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If you read the whole article linked to in #9, you discover yet another reason why this protest is more likely to succeed. Previously, the jobs in fast-food etc. were held by the uneducated, but now it is more and more true that these jobs have been taken-up by the better educated, university graduate.
The next wave of 'General' Elections are going to be the most interesting of the last century.
"To avoid panic, register to vote now!"
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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We come round to all elections with the promise that there are a new wave,people will vote against 2 major parties
never happens
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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Its all doom & gloom with you these days Keith, get yourself off and into the sunshine, and cheer us all up.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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As they may say up north, "E-very little helps!"
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Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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they start them young in America
I think this one will get a big thumbs up from Barry
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Sure thing Keith, now we can see just what being H&S free can achieve, Its either repairing badly laid house foundations, or its a cheap way to bury your children.
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TOM
No doom and gloom
reality
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KEITH!
Yes, doom & gloom.
'Reality', is, by definition, the past, not the responsibilities. 'Possibilities' are the future.
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