spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
ooh- where's that from? i'd like to use it on facebook / twitter.
J30 strike: NUT, PCS, UCU, ATL call for a general strike on June 30th
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ooh- where's that from? i'd like to use it on facebook / twitter.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
As an aside, did any workplace beat the Met's CCC PCS branch for the percentage of people striking today?
you cant force SMEs to make pension contributions - get real
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
Yes you can.
dont be a numpty - it's the employees responsibility to make pension contributions - if the employer can afford it, great -if they can't, then tough. I'm sure most employees would rather keep their jobs than have a pension that their employer contributed to
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
You guessed wrong.
are you still running one and employing people?
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
its Doctor Blagsta to you sonny
ha ha - at the end of the day businesses do what they can afford or it's P45 time!!!
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Come into this late but that is exactly what happens in the public sector as well.
Don't let me get in the way of your interaction with the 'doctor' though
Don't let me get in the way of your interaction with the 'doctor' though
Employer pension contributions are tax deductible.
Employer pension contributions also have to be affordable
Employee pension contributions are also adffordable if you're self-employed
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Of course you can. Why couldn't you?
free spirit
more tea vicar?
loving the desperate way they're spinning the stats in that article...
so, looks like the strikes been a failure then, but wait, what's this later in the article...
so how come they don't actually mention the actual percentage of schools who've not reported? At 21% not reported, the picture looks a lot different when you consider that the most likely reason for a school not to report is that the school is actually shut, and there is nobody to report that it is shut.
So in reality it's likely to be more like 40-45% of schools were shut entirely, 25-30% were partially open, and 30-35% were fully open, or in their terms somewhere around 65-70% are likely to have been either shut or badly affected by the strike, and of the ones that remained fully open quite a few could still have been significantly affected but managed to muddle through to stay fully open.
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
No, it was a co-op. Closed some years ago.
Point is, that everyone should be entitled to a decent pension. If businesses really can't afford it, then there needs to be a better state pension.
ElizabethofYork
Old Crone
"Entitlements" have to be paid for. Many small businesses are struggling and if they were forced to contribute to employees' pension funds they would not be economically viable and would go out of business.
The "better state pension" has to be paid for. Where do you think the money should come from when the country is in massive debt?
ElizabethofYork
Old Crone
The bankers certainly contributed to the financial debt, helped along by the utter mismanagement and overspending by the Labour government.
But how do you suggest they pay for the state pension? How much should they pay and for how long (without damaging the banking system, of course)
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
Close tax loopholes. Tax the rich. Rich are still getting richer, the idea that there is no money is a lie.
dennisr
the acceptable face
Hey, tosspot - you are the ridiculous stereotype. Crocodile tears for 'small businesses' do not wash when your only real interest is defending the bankers. Small busineses are being crushed by the way the banking system operates.
Officially I am a small business - i support the strikers 100%. Where does that fit in with your pathetic bullshit? - As the poster you were replying to said "if they want to make money from the labour of others then they must take responsibility for those employees" - if you don't you are not being the delusional 'entrprenor" you think you are just a parasite living on the backs of others.
Your last post gives the game away - your only concern is "how to avoid hurting the banking system" - the same banking system that is destroying small businesses you claimed earlier to care so much for. You and your system has no answers and your excuses are wearing pretty thin.
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
Labour managed budget far better than previous 30 years of Tories.
dennisr
the acceptable face
nino_savatte
No pasaran!
I could tell you but you wouldn't like the answer.
nino_savatte
No pasaran!
This Torygraph blogger has never taught, yet he thinks that teachers can carry on till they die in the middle of a lesson
Perhaps he should work for a year in an inner city comprehensive just to get a feel of things. Pillock.
Perhaps he should work for a year in an inner city comprehensive just to get a feel of things. Pillock.
dennisr
the acceptable face
Don't know if there are march figures in earlier posts but seen these ones: 30,000 marched in london, 3,000 in Liverpool, 5,000 Bristol, 4,000 Brighton, 1,000 Southampton, 600 Preston, 5,000 Birmingham, 800 Truro, 800 Exeter, 700 Norwich, 800 Cardiff, 5,000 Manchester, 800 Leicester, 200 Derby, 100 Lincoln, 1,000 Sheffield, 500 Ipswich, 400 Doncaster, 300 York, 300 Chester, 50 Rotherham, 200 Barnsely, 1,000 Hull.
On Brighton: "4000+ striking workers and members of the community marched through Brighton today to show their opposition to this Government’s austerity measures. Apparently it was the biggest march per head of population in the country. There was an incredibly positive mood"
On Brighton: "4000+ striking workers and members of the community marched through Brighton today to show their opposition to this Government’s austerity measures. Apparently it was the biggest march per head of population in the country. There was an incredibly positive mood"
ElizabethofYork
Old Crone
Go for it.
ElizabethofYork
Old Crone
Don't be so rude and childish. It's not necessary.
I'm not defending the bankers in any way. I'm asking genuine questions. It's interesting that people like you get all hot and bothered and abusive for no reason whatsoever.
