The Garda Strike

Sucks to be a guard or nurse if you joined up in the last 10 (?) years. They should be getting more money but is the money even there? Anyway, makes little difference to me or mine. If we get in trouble theres a minimum of 30 minutes till they get to the home place. Welcome to the thunder dome!

THE PURGE IS COMING!!

Kadser wrote: »

Ronald Reagan would have sacked the lot of them.

And look what happened to him,bang bang.

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Little CuChulainn wrote: »

There's no substantial offer. The government said they would imalgamate the rent allowance into normal pay over the next few years. Would work out at about an extra tenner a week for normal members and maybe 85 a week for new members. The government also offered to pay members to come in fifteen minutes early every shift for briefings. As offers go it was pathetic. The government have so many bargaining chips aside from a big pay increase that their offer shows just how little they give a ****.

The government this, the government that, you'd swear the way some people go on that they think it's the cabinets money. It's not. It's your money and your children's money.

The question is then: do you want to pay more tax so public servants can get a pay rise?

But it's just pay restoration they are looking for and not a pay rise. Or am I wrong

testaccount123 wrote: »

Dont live in a rural area then

Might as well just say "kill yourself then". :rolleyes:

Bambi wrote: »

Time for a clear out of the ould guard(s) methinks

A second law enforcement outfit moseying on into town would do no harm.

How many of the representative bodies have come out against actual day to day management in any real way?

They seem more than happy to demand more money while saying nothing to suggest that there's any problem there.

Gardai are clearly unhappy about it so why are their rep groups silent on it?

They're as bad as management or the government and happy to maintain the current status quo

Do the GRA board members still pay their wives a €200 bonus at Christmas?!

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Pay restoration is the PR friendly euphemism for a pay rise.

Bull. Pay restoration is completely different to a rise, and if you can't see that, well you can't be helped.

I think it's disgraceful that the commissioner is directing every member in, even cancelling rest days and leave. She should be behind her force, not against it. And not one mention in the media of the EU courts stating that making it illegal for Gardai to strike is in breach of their rights. No, media is trying (as it nearly always does) to turn public opinion against the Gardai.

I support them all day long. I think the strike is a horrible thing to have to happen, but the government has basically treated the Gardai like children, ignoring all the issues towards pay and operational issues. Along with a Government puppet running the organisation, and the point blank refusal to let the GRA and AGSI have the legal right to become a union, the refusal to allow it's members become part of a union... it's all after getting too much for the Gardai.

While politicians are getting 5k a year, judges threatening to withdraw service due to not being paid enough (hah!), it's a kick in the face of the Gardai who are looking for nothing more than pay parity with new recruits, and restoration of pay to pre-recession levels. That's it. Yes, they'd love better equipment (1.6 diesel i30's as patrol cars...), better legislation, etc, but to avoid the strike it's simple. Restoration, parity, no more free hours. Offer that, the strike will be averted.