30th November saw the Public Sector Protests against proposed cuts to their pension plans. Unions oppose plans to make members pay more and work longer to earn pensions.
The TUC called it "the biggest strike in a generation" whereas the Prime Minister David Cameron described it as "a damp squib".
About two-thirds of state schools shut, and thousands of hospital operations were postponed, as unions estimated up to two million people went on strike.
These are the facts about the day but WHY ? Strike during the Summer holidays ? If you want to go and strike, go and strike on a day when you don't have to provide your service to the public. I'll be honest and say I have been earning a regular wage for 18 months now so cannot empathise with workers entirely. But it seems ridiculous to put most of the country at a disadvantage by taking a day off on the jolly.
From evidence today walking around Cheltenham, it just seemed everyone took the day off. When Ambulance staff are having to call on the Police force to help deal with 999 Emergency calls, then my sympathy for those striking diminishes. By putting lives at risk by marching through London holding hands complaining about working an extra year of your life seems pretty daft.
Schools closing for the day, children not in school and parents having to source childcare or alternatively take a day off themselves. With the economy at it is and people worrying about employment, if Unions insist on mass protests, it doesn't seem right that throwing toys out the pram will work.
Society seems to be going mad
Tom
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