How do people feel about this one? Will it be short and sweet?
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This is a lie in respect of teachers and Gardai.
As I explained previously, teachers and Gardai spend the majority of their careers within the top 20% of all income earners in Ireland.
I haven't checked the others, but they probably aren't far off the top 20% either after allowances are included.
Who cares if they're in the top anything. The top 20% to 10% should be absolutely loaded. This country is following neolib crap of consolidation to the absolute upper echelons.
That is why I said the competition.
Teachers, gardaí, and nurses are leaving their professions and/or the country.
The competition is the global market.
IT staff are on a potential 50% salary discount for the stability privilege but that's not getting the new talent interested in joining.
I could get double (at least) my salary, in the private. I don't want that, I worked for the mega rich long enough.
BUT I will not accept being pissed on by my employer, who are promoting the widening gap. I just want to not be poorer for the work I do for them
I'd probably take the day off.
I've no choice to accept of reject a deal no matter whether it's good or bad.
I've been on the management side of union negotiations. The unions are only in it for themselves at the end of the day in my opinion. I and 300 of my colleagues lost jobs thanks to a particular union while the lead negotiator got promoted to union head and sits on several semi state boards.
Are you suggesting we should privatize education and healthcare like it is in the Middle East and allow individual employers set the rate of pay instead? You seem to be making a lot of comparisons to the middle east, so I assume this is what you are suggesting.
I agree.
I'm sure we'd be hearing a lot more from teachers and Gardai if they were not in the top 20%, say they were in the bottom 20%, so actually it is an important distinction to make.
It also helps students choosing a career when I provide stats like this, so they can compare one sector over another or one job over another.
Show me where I mentioned middle east, in any posts?
Fantastic diversion though, well done. That is one of the most radical attempts to divert from a losing position I've seen here yet.
I haven't heard of Revenue having any issues with hiring or retention. Where is this coming from? Someone else posted something similar as well.
Usually all leave is cancelled in the event of a strike.
If you're not in the union you must present for work otherwise you will be disciplined by HR
COs are difficult to recruit everywhere and many leave for higher paid private sector jobs within a year or two.
There you go again. . . .
For your information I spoke to a 2021 teacher graduate of PE/Science. There were sixty in her class who graduated. 50 of them had left by 2022 and 57 had emigrated by Summer 2023. . . . . But hey they have it so cosy according to you.
As well as spreading deliberate misinformation bordering on lies you also abuse people on this forum which speaks volumes.
This did not negate what I stated. The point I made re Donohoe is that there is a market out there and he pays the price for some goods fully up front without any choice in the matter whereas he uses the organs of the state to maintain control/suppression of the wages of public sector workers. That's a simple reality, and not poison. I mean . . . Who asked Donohoe to make the pension levy (a pay cut) permanent in 2018?
The vast majority of starting salaries in teaching are utterly appalling because the likes of Donohoe abuse young people by not ensuring they are placed on proper contracts, making their pensions worse and, yes, putting them on salary scales that take 25 years to reach the top at a wage an accountant would obtain in a fifth of that time.
Increments aren’t guaranteed, they are performance related.
Any news on when they pay talks will resume?
Also, please stop entertaining the trolls!
On the issue of strike pay, the Unions don't pay for one day strikes.
But at least (depending on your personal tax situation) most of a one day loss of pay would come off the amount of tax / deductions paid first, so the hit is not as bad as you'd expect.
IIRC in the Civil Service, all annual leave is suspended on strike days, unless it was applied for and approved prior to the announcement of a strike day.
looks like prices could be on the way back up again - union needs to push for a robust deal
Drivers face petrol price hike as Shell suspends Red Sea shipments
Oil and gas giant halts all crossings after US and UK counter strikes on Houthi targets
Inflation still relatively persistent possibly rising again ..
House insurance was up by 9.1pc in the year. This is more than twice the general level of inflation, which was 4.6pc in the year to December.
Excluding energy and unprocessed food, the index rose by 5.8pc in the 12 months to last December. This is known as core inflation.
For last year as a whole, the annual average rate of inflation was 6.3pc. This compares with an increase of 7.8pc for 2022 and an increase of 2.4pc for 2021.
The most important figure is the CPI (i.e. the official measure of inflation). The latest figure is 4.6%. I am assuming the official yearly figure will be Jan 1 - Jan 1.
I'm not sure if that's allowed, leave in our place last strike was only allowed if booked before strike date announced iirc
If a non-member crosses a picket line, they can expect a very cold shoulder from colleagues who are out on the line fighting for a pay increase for all. Line managers will probably be instructed to refuse holiday requests for that day also, so that cop out won't be available.
You can expect some very unhappy colleagues too.
The school won't technically close for staff, though parents may be advised not to send in children. If you show up as normal and cross a picket line, you can expect a cold shoulder from your colleagues who are out on the line fighting for your salary increase for some time after.
They lost an entire team of about twelve ICT graduate trainees (EO level I think) who doubled their salary by moving to VMWARE a year or two back.
Who are also the colleagues PAYING a lot of money into the union to be able to fight this. Someone crossing the line taking all the benefits of the sacrifice of their workmates? Not on
The only people who should cross a line guilt free are contractors. They can get fired if they don't cross
its not really fair though is it , that it has to be for all, they are fighting for their own increase tbh. Id respect my colleagues decision not to strike , maybe they are delighted with their remuneration. I’d be very surprised if it got to strike stage anyways.
And what happens when it's something that they DO NOT agree with. Are we supposed to support them then?
The whole point of a union is strength in numbers allows us to tackle issues which come up, even if they only affect a few people.
We all take some personal hits, to ensure that we are all protected. The amount of people I have seen only join a union when something affects their little area is annoying.
What are you on about? If your colleague is happy with their pay , what business is that of yours? The answer is none.
They may be happy but there are thousands of their colleagues struggling.
I actually think that non union members should NOT get union negotiated pay increases and should have to bargain for their own, individually.
That would, honestly, account for your hypothetical person.
They could cross any line they want, not pay subs, but not get any increases or protections from the union
Yeah I actually agree with non union members about the pay increase. But you can’t force someone to join a union. You also cant blame them when they get the increase as well as union members as it’s completely outside their control . Why would you expect a non union member to strike if they didn’t want to, just strange thinking. It’s disrespect.
Thanks
Wouldn’t be comfortable crossing a picket line anyway, would have to call in sick or apply for unpaid leave I guess.
No invitations for fresh negotiations yet.
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