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Comments by "TJ Marx" (@tjmarx) on "Strikes: Disruption begins as freezing weather grips UK" video.
The workers aren't striking for their rights. They're striking because high inflation has lowered their spending power and they aren't happy with that. They're striking because they don't understand inflation. The problem is an economics ignorant public.
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These unions need to get real. You can not raise wages to handle high inflationary events. It's funny, we've seen people complaining endlessly over the last few weeks about cancelled train services on an ordinary day and a network that doesn't work. Lots of demand to fix the system. But when the government try to fix that situation with conditions clauses which get the rail workforce under control, that's shouted down as unreasonable. The Mike Lynch is the unreasonable one in the room.
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@Richard_L_Y I am embarrassed for you. That was just sad. You clearly have no clue what any of the words you just used mean. Please read my above comment.
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@Richard_L_Y Everything I said was factually correct. That you don't like it is irrelevant.
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@Richard_L_Y You can see throughout the comments section on this video including this thread that they don't understand the supply and demand relationship. If unions understood it they wouldn't be striking for 10% over inflation because they'd understand what that will do to inflation. People don't want to accept they're going to be poorer, but that's reality and there's nothing the unions can do about that. Meanwhile you still don't seem to understand the words you're using.
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@insomnijack7528 But it does effect them. Pushing up inflation will only make everything more expensive. As I said, a £10pw raise results in £30pw extra cost of living. It's just ignorance because they're looking at the extreme short term, today and tomorrow and forgetting completely about next week. That anyone supports this is a travesty.
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