uk 490000 ireland nil

blacksmith105

No Its not the projected score of the next rugby match but the result of a leader that has the balls to stand up and cut public sector workers in a country that cannot afford to employ them
David Cameron and George Osbourne seem to have what it takes in trying to convince people that they are trying to turn the fortunes of the UK economy around
Mr Osborne said the job losses were 'unavoidable when the country has run out of money'....490000 over four years
Today is the day that Britain steps back from the brink. It is a hard road but it leads to a better future..

Let me ask the question ... could you see any leader or finance minister standing up at the next budget and cutting public sectors jobs by even a small fraction in order to trim the fat off what has become a massive drain on our finances in a time that we simply cannot afford to continue paying big salaries and leave number untouched .

Per head of population we have one of the biggest public sectors in the world
and before people think i am public sector bashing .. no i am not
3 of my family are employed in the public sector ,
I just happen to think that the time has come to say to the sector that there will be a plan to cut overall numbers by 10 pc over 3 years and reduce pay to a more acceptable level based on what a public sector worker earns in the UK

Laminations

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1022/breaking3.html

This is as close as you are going to get. The slimming down of civil service and reform of other PS bodies. No definite mention of job losses there either but we don't need to kick the PS workers onto dole queues to get an efficient accountable service. It's a step in the right direction.

ei.sdraob

reduce the average public earning from the current €900 (940 at peak last year, yes their wages kept growing well into 2009 growing despite a deadly recession :rolleyes: and are now only at 2007 levels)

to the same average as the private sector of €600 a week

that will save alot of money and would free up money that could be used to keep people employed instead of firing them

there is no reason why there should be such a large premium, and yes before someone mentions pension levy, most private employees dont have generous pension schemes paid for by the state and safe jobs for that matter :rolleyes:

fairness and equality the socialist way eh

Quandary

Why not just bring in benchmarking again to bring wages in line the private sector?

danbohan

Quandary wrote: »

Why not just bring in benchmarking again to bring wages in line the private sector?

when they have proven themselves to be as efficient and productive as the private sector then they should be paid equally . no pussyfooting around do like uk and cut up to 80000 jobs and cut wages by 30%, its what the imf will do anyway