Comments by "Brandon Stiffe" (@Stiffytheenlightened) on "Rail Strikes: Transport Secretary 'threatened' workers" video.

Just a load of greedy people using their union strength to grab more than the rest of us. The RMT is too big, a monolith of huge proportions. Staff have become lazy through lack of control, as happened in all previous state run organisations. Steel, Coal, Education, Transport, BBC were all inflicted with the same malaise. Even after privatization it was the same staff with the same attitudes that spoiled the industries. Now we see greed rearing its ugly head again in those industries with staff numbers large enough to put pressure on an already stretched economy. How strange that these industries are the ones that are, or once were, nationalised. The answer is simple.
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When the people at the bottom get a pay rise, it increases the pay of everyone in the organisation. It will then spiral to other strong unions leaving some people very poor. Seeking a pay rise now is detrimental to the fortunes of this country. The Unions are only doing it to oust the Tory Party, union leaders having massive salaries themselves. I was a Coal Miner and we did it in the 70's and 80's, and yes there were a few lower paid people but we squeezed the system until we had money beyond our dreams but it destroyed the economy and the government were forced to act. The government know whats coming this time, and are prepared to prevent wage rises at all costs, and even bring about the destruction of those industries. Scargill did not ruin the industry, the miners did. Scargill was demonized by the Tories but we greedy miners pushed on ahead with the strike. Thatcher had no option but to crush the industry that was draining the country of its lifeblood. The country now is in a much more dire situation, so agreeing to pay rises would be like the country cutting its own throat. Whichever party is in power must have the courage to stand firm whatever the consequences. And they will.
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