Britain 2 million civil servants starred a century strike
Posted by terminalcables on Saturday, December 3, 2011
More than 200 million British public sector employees took to the streets on November 30 to protest against government pension reforms. British media estimates, the national day will be "staged" 1000 more than protest. Strike is expected to last 24 hours, the participants, including civil servants , Wholesale New Era Hats , teachers, medical workers, airport immigration personnel. UK Met Office weather forecasting staff, the House food service personnel and London Heathrow Airport border staff to join the strike. British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, 29, released in the lower house of parliament the government to stimulate economic growth plan, announced two years in the public sector wage increases limited to less than 1%; intend to cut 300,000 public sector jobs; scheduled for 2026 will be public sector employees pension age from 66 years to 67 years. These measures aroused strong resentment among public sector employees. British civil servants union leader Paul Luo Nuen said the union members feel, Osborne's "Autumn speech" intended to "give them punch." Official data show that bring disaster to strike the majority of schools in England. Education department statistics, England 21 700 public schools, more than half because the teachers strike closed schools, keep a 13% open, 13% of the normal operation of schools. (According to the Xinhua News Agency) "had enough" work more, work longer, be less harmonious discount sunglasses union leader a BBC interview, said he rarely held where labor union action, This time, public sector employees do, "was enraged." "Millions of people, mainly low-income women, due to pension reform to unfair treatment." Prentice said, "This is why people say enough of." Brendan British Federation of Trade Unions Secretary-General · Barber said that public sector employees by the government "attack", trade union action "justified." He told ITV correspondent: "The government tried to impose the reforms will allow people to work more, work longer, get less." Barber denied the enjoyment of public sector employees than private sector employees pension benefits superior to the claim . He said that most low-income public sector employees. Promote negotiations are not as "tough choices" state "might go bankrupt," Osborne, 29 November to attend the euro-zone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, November 30, a BBC interview, urged the union to stop the strike to resume negotiations. "The strike will not achieve any results, will not change anything, only make the economy more vulnerable, may lead to potential job cuts." Osborne said, "Let us return to the negotiating table to reach a public sector (employees ) fair pension agreements ... ... this is we do, rather than looking at a strike. "Osborne said that if the British government not to dispose of the debt to" tough choices ", the state" may be bankruptcy. " Labour Shadow Cabinet Minister of Finance 29, said Ed Balls, Labour does not support the 30 union strike, because "the strike is a sign of failure." Nick Gibb school affairs officials believe that allowing taxpayers to rising public sector pension pay, this idea of "unfair and unrealistic." Education Secretary Michael Gove said that public sector employees can understand the concern about pension reform, pension reform, the Government will insist on the implementation of the same, the two sides are continuing negotiations. "We must be fair to all taxpayers, not just public sector employees. If you want to maintain a high quality long-term pension system, we must reform." How to change the British pension system to the UK public sector staff have nearly 600 million people, pension spending accounted for only the total amount of state pension of 2 / 3.Prime Minister Cameron is a major austerity program to reduce current benefits, and extended working hours, employees can begin to reduce the amount received. British high-welfare system is the attitude of the government this time become more resolute. An English medium teachers, one-time after retirement, you can get a £ 500,000 pension. Civil servants in the new pension system will lose about £ 60,000 per year, compared with £ 500,000 of this £ 60,000 is quite a large number. So in fact, including the UK, Europe is making a kind of reform, this reform is high from the previous welfare system, welfare system to a secondary state. Acquire a fair to cut the civil service in post-crisis era, the capital of excess liquidity, we for the bank's anger did not disappear. On the one hand resentment has not disappeared, while the other hand, the profitability of banks began to go up, bonuses began to rise. As a powerful political figure, on the banks of the sanctions should be put on the agenda of the. In fact, the reform must be all social classes, especially those leading sectors of society to bear the major costs, otherwise difficult to promote reform.