Tom G
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Outrage, although we are more than happy to have an extra bank holiday, like last year 
Same costs tbh, well actually less as its only some of the public sector. Less than 10% of staff has striked here. considering there is 2000ish
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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Originally posted by john-d
I am totally right about the dole. Doesnt matter how %ood you are at work you could still end up needing it. If on thr chance you do need it then it has to be sufficient...
Should only be allowed 12weeks imo
Sounds good to me.
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
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you can only sign on for 6 months, then youve got to sign off for 6 months i thought?
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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Originally posted by LeeM
you can only sign on for 6 months, then youve got to sign off for 6 months i thought?
There are ways and means around these things.
My uncle has been on the dole for 20 odd years. Lazy cunt.
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sxibeast
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Registered: 6th Aug 03
Location: Milton Keynes
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Originally posted by pow
I hope every fucker who's on strike today gets a days pay deducted.
They do at my place!
They lose the days pay and have the hours deducted (flexi time).
Each person who was/is (i say was, as some gave up before lunch and went into work) will be!
TBH i am grateful to be in a job with cash coming in. We have had roughly 80 people go (our site is very small, most people left through voluntary redundancy). The work has been piled on along with all the new work coming in, but tbh that is how it is, the world keeps turning and people need the work they have requested. I don't moan (not about the work itself, but sometimes about the waste of space that sits next to me), but I get on with it and make the best of the situation.
To quote what someone at work said "i serve whoever is in power of the day, their policies and values; even if I don't agree with them".
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Brett
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Originally posted by LeeM
you can only sign on for 6 months, then youve got to sign off for 6 months i thought?
Yeah true, but then you just appeal and go for a review and get put back on it again.
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corsajay88
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Registered: 22nd Aug 11
Location: Upton, Cheshire
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In work today, public sector worker. And mean actual work not an office job, had to rush round like crazy and try do the work of 8 blokes. Traffic is a nightmare.
most people have used this as an excuse for a day off and gone shopping. Not one of our lads turned up at the proposed picket line at our depot. Against the strikes or not just shows as country we do not have the guts to stand up together for something we believe is right, although not this when these issues do come up which in the current climate wont be forever, everyones alright jack and who cares im pissed off cos im inconvenienced slightly will cost them
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John
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Doing the work of 8 council blokes must be like doing the work of 1 private sector bloke.
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Dave
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Council haven't emptied my bins. We're on alternate collections round here, one week general waste one week recycling so it'll be another fortnight before they get picked up. Hope they make the lazy gits work unpaid overtime to catch up on the work they should've done today.
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Brett
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Originally posted by LeeM
you can only sign on for 6 months, then youve got to sign off for 6 months i thought?
Yeah true, but then you just appeal and go for a review and get put back on it again.
sound like you know a lot about this brett  
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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Originally posted by Robbo
sound like you know a lot about this brett
Got several mates who've lived for free for years.
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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Originally posted by john-d
I am totally right about the dole. Doesnt matter how good you are at work you could still end up needing it
Quite right. Im shit hot at my job and Ive had to go on it twice.
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taylorboosh
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Been on for 2 weeks before
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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Folk on the dole longer than 12wk should be given work to do.
Saw some guys litter picking grass verges today. Should send them half a dozen doley bitches to help them out.
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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People moan about the dole, but that ain't even the half of it tbh. Nobody questions crisis loans? You can borrow up to £500 iirc in one shot from the DWP and guess what, they pay themselves back by deducting £5 a week from your dole  Mate does it all the time. Get dole on whatever day, ring up same day and say you withdrew all the money then lost it and they'll just give you a cheque same day for the same amount again no questions.
Something does need to be done.
I reckon you'd have to earn at least £13-17k (depending on kids) a year to actually be better off than being unemployed, so it makes sense for single people to scrounge and live for free.
Single person rent - £365
Ctax avg. - £80
Dole - £280/month(ish)
£725, obviously no tax to go from that or anything, totally free! Then lets throw a kid or two into the equation and you're fucking laughing, you'll be looking at another few hundred a month AT LEAST.
So, what do you do with your time? Oh, go to college as an adult learner for free. What about the child? Register your mum as a child carer and the government will then pay her to look after your child
Heaven forbid if you went and registered as ill, maybe said you were feeling a little depressed or something, you'd be looking at extra dole money then to help you cope, not forgetting all prescriptions, dental, etc. will be totally free anyway.
One scam that pisses me off the most is a family member with a different surname buying a house, then sticking another family member in there. Person living there does so for free and the family member who owns it gets their mortgage covered and paid for. Granted that's illegal but I know someone who is doing that right this moment.
The possibilities are endless, but my point is that I can see why people do it, makes sense.
[Edited on 30-11-2011 by Brett]
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
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people who strike should have to attend the picket line otherwise the abscence should be treated as unauthorised leave and disciplinary action taken.
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Russ
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why? last thing i want is 200 cunts getting in the way of patients
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Dave
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quote:
Originally posted by LeeM
people who strike should have to attend the picket line otherwise the abscence should be treated as unauthorised leave and disciplinary action taken.
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Originally posted by John
Doing the work of 8 council blokes must be like doing the work of 1 private sector bloke.
So true. They all need a rocket up their arses.
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Steve
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wot
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
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You need this
inserted up your derriere
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LeeM
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
why? last thing i want is 200 cunts getting in the way of patients
its a strike, they should protest if they feel strongly about it. otherwise theyre blatantly just having a day off
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corsajay88
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Registered: 22nd Aug 11
Location: Upton, Cheshire
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Cant win with you moaning bastards anyway, think you need to get off your high horses its called life dont like it do something about. I love my job all i do is sit around drinking tea.
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Dave
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Registered: 26th Feb 01
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You had to do the work of 8 men but all you do is sit around drinking tea 
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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That's a lot of tea
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